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June 12, 2025

Change Your Mind

Where did the time go? The band, Sister Hazel released “Change Your Mind” twenty-five years ago this month?!? When I looked it up, I was in disbelief. So, I checked and checked again, feeling windburn from the emotional rush. I bet you – or someone you hold dear – got a lift, a motivational boost… Continue reading

kindness, Wellness

Change Your Mind, empowerment, Inspiration, kindness, love, melancholy, motivation, music, selfcare, Sister Hazel
February 13, 2025

Sharing Our Stories – “Surviving Sue” – New Review

I’ve yet to meet a memoirist who didn’t have a moment or two of panic about exposure. Baring ourselves, our stories and hoping for understanding. Hoping that the notes of resilience and empowerment shine through. I had those anxieties when I wrote “Surviving Sue“. They’d come in waves and torrents, but I carried on…ever hopeful… Continue reading

Surviving Sue

book review, Edward Ortiz, empowerment, gratitude, memoir, mental health, resilience, Surviving Sue, Wellness
May 24, 2024

Moving On

I’ll spare you all of the details, but a dear client came to me this week with a dilemma. A rewind of a persistent issue… For several years he’s allowed someone he thought of as a friend to live rent free in his head, plagued by her insensitivities and indiscretions of all sorts. Perhaps… Continue reading

Wellness

decision-making, empowerment, peace, relationships, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wellness
December 30, 2023

My Wish for 2024: Be True to You

On January 1, 2023 I wrote a post quoting Dostoevsky of all things. I shared 490 words about being silly and putting a premium on being myself. Goofy due to sleep deprivation? Sometimes. Goofy because it’s my natural state? Quick to laugh whenever I can – especially at myself? Definitely. That beginning-of-the-year ramble inspired my… Continue reading

Wellness

2024, connection, Dostoevsky, empowerment, Fleetwood Mac, healing, humor, lifestyle, love
September 23, 2022

Not Much of a Navigator

I can’t decide for you…but I’m here to help just the same… Continue reading

Wellness

empowerment, friendship, listening, self-care, Wellness

“Surviving Sue”, a special story about resiliency and love: Eckhartz Press (paperback) and eBook on Amazon.

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