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The Energizer Blog


Human Kindness is not Dead - It IS RESILIENT!
My heart often sinks into concern that we have lost the human characteristic of compassion.

Eileen McDargh
Jul 24, 20172 min read


Resiliency Turns Grief into Greatness
Today nurses in 2600-plus health care facilities, 50 states and 15 countries walk taller, prouder, and renewed in their work because of...

Eileen McDargh
Jul 17, 20171 min read


What Your Mom Wants You To Know
Yes, your mother. Actually my mother too. She is Mother Earth.

Eileen McDargh
Jul 3, 20171 min read


Know Your Season, Grow Your Season
Here in the Canadian Rockies, the summers are magnificent, and also very short.

Eileen McDargh
Jun 28, 20171 min read


Resiliency: An Equal Opportunity Resource
Do any of these sound like you: Your organization has been downsized, “right-sized,” capsized.

Eileen McDargh
Jun 26, 20171 min read


Back to the future: Glacier Park Insights
On the fourth day of my road trip with my husband I was amazed by the waters flowing from the Flathead River

Eileen McDargh
Jun 22, 20171 min read


Road Trip Lessons #2: Boundaries push you to make smarter decisions!
I've discovered that there is a big difference between flying and traveling by car.

Eileen McDargh
Jun 20, 20171 min read


Do You Trip For Love?
I was married to man who thought marathon road trips were the best thing since sliced bread.

Eileen McDargh
Jun 19, 20171 min read


When Is Crying A Good Thing?
You might wonder how crying can have any relationship to resiliency?

Eileen McDargh
May 1, 20174 min read


LOSS AND LAUGHTER: A Resiliency Key
For 62 years, Lola Gillebaard and Hendrik Cornelis Gillebaard Sr have loved and laughed and fought and cried through all her illnesses.

Eileen McDargh
Apr 17, 20172 min read


Classes Teach Civil Discourse to Kids. Resiliency on the MOVE!
Resilient nation depends upon the ability to make civic conversation comfortable again.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 27, 20171 min read


Five FAST Energy Fixes for YOUR Body
While the debate goes on about energy companies and the EPA, let’s get personal about our own energy consumption.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 20, 20172 min read


Weather or not: Whether or not
For the past 5 years, the hills above my Orange County, CA home have stayed a dusty, drab brown.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 20, 20171 min read


You Are Known by the Flowers You Grow
"What kind of flower are you?” The question took me aback when I read it.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 30, 20171 min read


Resiliency Routed by Routine
A cornerstone of resiliency rests in the ability to be adaptable, to respond in multiple ways to any given circumstance.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 23, 20173 min read


Kitchen Friends Inspire Others: A Leadership Lesson in Love
Dear Readers, The following story was sent to me by Justin Pickering, President of Blaine González, a global firm that translates...

Eileen McDargh
Jan 9, 20175 min read


Business Leaders Need This Fourth Grade Teacher
If you face disengaged employees, low productivity, low morale, and trying to get teams to do more with less: listen up!

Eileen McDargh
Jan 2, 20171 min read


Holiday Memories Aren’t Wonderful if You Have None!
My little sister and I still talk about the time in our grandparents’ house when we were convinced we heard reindeer on the roof.

Eileen McDargh
Dec 26, 20162 min read


A Christmas Memory Worth Repeating
I came across an article I wrote that won first place for the Christmas edition of the Orange County Register 34 years ago!

Eileen McDargh
Dec 19, 20163 min read


Resiliency Resides in Words
As we prepare to close off a year that has seen more anxiety, hate speech, anger, and divisive behavior than ever before...

Eileen McDargh
Dec 12, 20162 min read
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