a daily blog on well-being and how to feel better by Mark Barger Elliott…

I came across a wonderful phrase in a bookstore recently, forever is composed of nows. We often think of forever as a horizon we have yet to cross. But if we think about it, forever is a sequence of moments that don’t have a defined ending. In other words, our forever starts now. —— To…

So much of our lives is measured and counted – from the hours we work to numbers in our bank account; our blood pressure in a doctor’s visit to data we use on our phones. But other aspects of our lives exist beyond our ability to exactly define or measure. And not surprisingly, they are…

We are all becoming someone. Aspects of our personality evolve. New hobbies emerge, like Pickleball. We try on a different style of coat at J. Crew. We imagine new careers – P.A., artist, start our own company? – or moving to a different city – Barcelona, Boston, Baton Rouge? Brianna Wiest helpfully suggests we give…

At the end of the recent Iowa / UConn women’s basketball game a questionable call impacted the game. During the post-game press conference a star UConn player made the point, however, that you don’t lose a game because of a single call. Seth Godwin made a similar point recently when he wrote in his blog,…

I was watching the women’s college basketball final with my daughter and early in the second half I commented how I didn’t think Iowa would prevail and she said, “It’s too early to tell. Don’t doubt them yet. You need faith to win.” Doubt, wariness, skepticism, hesitation – those feelings never result in anything resembling…

We shape a story around nearly every event we experience.  And while we can’t control most events that occur in our lives, we do control how we will shape the story that we tell others and ourselves about that event. A rainy day, for example, can be “gloomy” or “cozy.” Traffic can be “frustrating” or…