As a health educator who supports the use of pharmaceutical medicines to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease, I admit to wrestling sometimes with where to draw the line between behavioral habits and the use of chemicals. When I make a choice to consume high-fat fast foods over fresh fruits and vegetables, I understand the …
Category: Flourishing
This Is Your Brain on a…Smartphone
If you are unable to recall the 1987 public service announcement related to the dangers of drug abuse, our wonderful world of instantly accessible information allows you to click here to view the commercial. The scene depicts a man cracking open an egg into a frying pan to demonstrate the effects of using drugs. The …
Is Gen Z the Canary?
Entering unchartered territory is challenging and not for the faint of heart. Thankful for all the pioneers whose courage led them to brave new areas, I relish those who are willing to risk the unknown. Trailblazers are eager to journey into new territories to open opportunities for the rest of us; and currently, I believe …
Digital Minimalism
As a member of Gen X, born in the early 1970s, technology has required that I continually make adjustments, but I can’t say that I’m always prepared. Let’s see if anyone else relates to the ever-changing path of saving data, music and videos: first, we had a range of floppy disks from the large 8” …
A Flourishing Generation
At the university where I teach, each semester we are provided with opportunities to participate in dialogue groups with other faculty members and administrators which I find both insightful and challenging. Since the spring of 2011 where the group discussed Tim Elmore’s Generation iY to the fall of 2016 when the group read Jean Twenge’s …
Life Interrupted
Do your days have a typical rhythm and routine to them? Even on days when there is no requirement to set an alarm, do you still find yourself waking up at the same time you normally do? What time of day are you characteristically the most productive? As the research journey continues into factors related …
Chronos vs. Kairos
As I compose this post on January 1, 2020, it’s the first day of a new year, the first day of a new decade. With over 30 scrapbooks organized according to year filling the shelves in my home office and bedroom, capturing time through photographs and jotting down memories has been a priority in years …
What Retailers Know About You
On one of the first days of the semester in our sport marketing course, I ask students to lay their key rings on the desk in front of them. Walking around the room, admiring each one, I acknowledge the reward cards amassed on each ring. What I see displayed is probably typical for college students …
Fiddle With the Gears
As the pilgrimage continues to uncover the characteristics which could potentially lead a person to flourish either personally or professionally, we’ve identified five habits that become essential nutrients in this quest: awareness, creating margin, deep work, resilience and growth. The challenge now shifts from identification of these habits to the development of the rituals and …
What is Truly Essential?
If I were to pose the question to you today, “What is Truly Essential?” how would you compose an answer? A month prior to the introduction of the coronavirus, I imagine our answers would differ greatly from what they do today. In various Seasons of Life, our thoughts will focus on issues and relationships that …
Flourishing @ Life 