by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | Book Reviews, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Women
When I was writing this blog, the words to a song by the Association came to me (Along Comes Mary) along with the title to a movie from the 90’s (There’s Something About Mary). Unfortunately, both of those titles have some connotations I did not want to evoke (but I...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 28, 2018 | Career, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology, Self Acceptance, self confidence, workshops
Coming from a family of teachers and having been one myself, I always heard the quote putting down teaching as a job people did when they couldn’t do anything else. “Those who can do – those who can’t teach.” So when I saw the above quote in this week’s New York...
by Pam Hernandez | May 6, 2018 | Change, Front Page, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence
There’s an interesting article in this Sunday’s New York Times, “The Upside of Envy.” The author (Gordon Marino) states that envy is the hardest emotion for us to own. Instead most of us will find a reason to disparage the person or thing that...
by Pam Hernandez | May 9, 2017 | Assessments, Career, Corporate Culture, Front Page, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, The Leadership Circle
The above quote is on the top of my home page and it is the foundation of all the work I do. My tagline is “See clearly, Act boldly, Live fully.” The first step to seeing clearly is to become aware (conscious) of the beliefs and assumptions that are driving our...
by Pam Hernandez | Mar 7, 2017 | Front Page, Personal Growth, Positive Psychology, Self Acceptance, Well-being
As a graduate student in the University of Pennsylvania’s Masters in Applied Positive Psychology program, in 2014, I had to complete a capstone project. Everyone’s capstone is published on a website called Scholarly Commons. Each month, I get a report of how many...
by Pam Hernandez | Dec 22, 2016 | Children, Front Page, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance
One of my favorite writers, Brene Brown, says, “So many of us live our lives worrying about what people will think. We think to ourselves, “If I look perfect, live perfectly, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of “I am not good...