The Energizer Blog

This year I had circled September 28 on my calendar. Finally, a bucket list wish would come true:  Hang gliding!!!

Every vote is a voice, and every voice has the power to shape our future.    As we approach the upcoming elections, I find myself...

Imagine watching a different graduation ceremony that has none of your kids in it and you still laughed and cried. 

I believe that this simple resilience practice can turn dark into grey and eventually into white light, even from the hospital bed.

Death is the one CERTAINTY we all will face. With Mollie’s permission, I share with you her insights into coping with sudden tragedy.

My exploration into the world of resilience started with 9/11.   Here are my lessons: 

Laughter Lifts the Load In tough times, humor is an essential survival skill. Talk can also be funny. Not the sarcastic biting humor of...

Try to travel, otherwise you may become racist, and you may end up believing that your skin is the only one to be right...

Senior leaders come with experience, credentials, and perhaps community prestige. However, do not discount Gen Z at your peril. These...

Really, what has happened to Personal Responsibility?

Sadly, I’m concerned that empathy might be dying.

Bottom line: Exhaustion runs the gamut. It’s the lessons we take from it that matter.

It starts by becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable, stepping into the unknown, and taking a risk.  It means saying ‘Why not me?”

It’s time to plug into something that YOU choose—something that can renew your batteries and refresh your interest in work AND life.

Last Saturday, about 50 of us gathered at 7:00 am on Dana Strand. I only knew my daughter—a volunteer at the Pacific Marine Wildlife Center—

Burnout takes time to develop and may look a little different for everyone.

If you have followed my posts, you know that I was excited to have a 3-day retreat in early January.

“I believe that each of us carries a bit of inner brightness, something entirely unique and individual. A flame that’s worth protecting..."

Every Christmas for the past few years, my brothers have sent me a pot with at least 2 amaryllis bulbs....

This year, January 3-6, I’ll try the Mary & Joseph Center in Palos Verdes.