by Pam Hernandez | Aug 23, 2022 | Compassion, Daughters, Fathers, Mothers, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Well-being
Growing up, I received the message quite early and quite often that feeling sorry for myself was not appropriate. I got this message at home and school, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone. When I was in middle school and complaining about something (probably about thinking I...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 5, 2022 | Change, Clarity, Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Strengths, Well-being
I sometimes feel I’ve gone through my life like a chocolate dipped ice cream cone. I have a deceptively solid exterior – nice looking, pleasing and totally hiding what’s underneath. I’m taking a class where we’re asked to identify one big change we’d like to make in...
by Pam Hernandez | Jan 11, 2022 | Clarity, Leaders, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Well-being
We are all wired to create stories. Stories are the way humans make sense of their lives. The ability to craft stories separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Most of the time we don’t even realize we’re creating a story. The guy that cut me off in traffic...
by Pam Hernandez | Sep 28, 2021 | Change, Clarity, Leaders, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Well-being, Women
“She Let Go” Attributed to Safir Rose and Ernest Holmes I’m taking an online class, and the instructors start each session with a poem. I posted this one entitled She Let Go on my Facebook page and was amazed at the responses I received, almost all from...
by Pam Hernandez | Sep 15, 2021 | Career, Change, Coaching, Helping, Leadership Coaching, Strengths, Well-being
I just finished reading the latest novel by one of my favorite authors, Louise Penny. It’s entitled The Madness of Crowds. This is Penny’s 17th installment in the adventures of Inspector Gamache. Readers have fallen in love with the inhabitants of the fictional...
by Pam Hernandez | May 27, 2021 | Compassion, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships, Well-being, Women
I have been reading Pema Chodron’s book, Start Where You Are, and the above quote jumped off the page at me. What followed was a beautiful description of gloriousness and wretchedness and the necessity of both in our lives. “Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us,...