Do you think in labels? So often, people innocently assign labels to others and to themselves. In an article I read recently, the mother of a lovely little girl was saying how much her biracial daughter was loved by her and her husband. It was an interesting article, which could have been just as compelling minus the "biracial" label. How much more interesting it would have been if the mother simply referred to her lovely daughter as her lovely daughter. When her lovely da

How many times a day do you use the word BUT? As in, "I'd love to go with you, BUT I have other plans." "I wanted to attend that conference, BUT I couldn't fit it into the budget." "We discussed her performance, BUT nothing has changed in the way she performs her job." Whenever I lead a class or facilitate a workshop, I deliberately bring in the topic of positivity. It seems like we're bombarded with negativity in social media, on TV, and particularly in the news. The go