by judygraybill | father-daughter relationship, Personal
Honoring Dad. At the top of his game, he owned 2 thriving motels. Later, after my parents divorced, he co-owned a successful bar/niteclub. Unfortunate circumstances caused him to lose all of it. Even more unfortunately, he never recovered any of it at the time he passed away. So, he’s not what most people would call a success story. … even though his life didn’t end as a success by conventional means, he taught me more than I am able to express. I’m still learning from his life, both his successes and his failures, 17 years after he died. The story below is one of the lessons I cherish most because it paved the way for many of my successes.
by judygraybill | Mother's Day and Stepmotherhood, Personal
Motherhood is universal, yet personal. We all have individualized experiences with our mom. And if you’re a woman, you also have an experience as a mother, mother figure, or the journey of not mothering. Regardless of your personal experience, you can likely agree that a mother’s role is important. … No matter where you are on the spectrum of the motherhood journey, it’s a sacred journey marker that is personal to you and you alone. Some will be able to grasp what you are going through, while others can’t. But we can all recognize the special bond between a mother and child, and that’s sacred. Today, I honor the Journey of Mother ~ the sacredness of it ~ in all its glory and its messiness. Even the mother wounds point back to the depth of sacredness.
by judygraybill | Core Principles, First Steps, Influence Change
If you’re one who has a rocky foundation, know factually that you have the ability to change this with conscious effort. First, you must know that you are a change agent ~ a catalyst for change. Consider this premise: When you show up differently ~ when you act and react differently to your partner and life’s happenings, then the people around you will act and react differently to you. Your circumstances will change because you’ll be doing things differently, and thus get different results.
by judygraybill | Core Principles, First Dates, Healthy Relationship
One of the secrets to having a happy, long-lasting relationship is to build it on a solid foundation. The way it begins sets the precedence of how it will flow, or not. It sets the themes that will play out, good or bad, until they reach an organic conclusion or you consciously change the pattern.
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