by Norma Thatcher | Jul 11, 2020 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
We might imagine that magical thinking is something the creative people at Disney do, as in “Magical Thinking in the Magic Kingdom.” But magical thinking can be unhealthy for our mental well-being if we take it too far. Most of us do a little of it now and then, such...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 20, 2020 | Inspirational, Public speaking, Thought provoking
My feedback to the student was a tad out of the ordinary. “That was an absolutely perfect use of a pause!” The adult student was part of a group who delivered their final presentations last Thursday in one of my public speaking classes. Weeks ago, as they were...
by Norma Thatcher | Jun 13, 2020 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Like many other American women (both young and old, I might add), I have a crush on Dr. Anthony Fauci. And now I’m wondering if this “older man” mild fixation is a new trend in my life because I just cannot get enough of listening to Brother David Steindl-Rast. Happy...
by Norma Thatcher | May 30, 2020 | Interesting information, Thought provoking
An opportunity appeared on Facebook to join a Zoom call featuring a speaker who sounded promising. I already had my day planned, working in my home with a part-time housekeeper to get a whole-house cleaning done. So I knew instead of joining the meeting...
by Norma Thatcher | May 22, 2020 | Interesting information, Thought provoking
What WERE my parents thinking? I was just shy of 16 and so naïve and innocent that anything could have happened to me. But they blithely put me on a train by myself in Johnstown, PA, bound for Chicago for a vacation with my sister. (See post from May 16.) That was a...
by Norma Thatcher | May 1, 2020 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
“Our nervous system comes prewired to pay attention to negativity. And it’s jacked up by trauma.” So says Dr. Joan Borysenko, leading mind-body expert. Is it any wonder that so many of us are feeling anxious, on edge, or in just plain old dark moods during these...