by Karen Merry | Apr 30, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
I am not a quantum physicist. No shock there. But many years ago, as I watched a Discovery show on quantum physics and heard the phrase empty is not nothing; it is always something, I thought, “Yes, that’s truth!” Even without understanding a thing about quantum...
by Karen Merry | Apr 29, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
What are you missing in this COVID-19 time of curfews and restrictions? A graduation? Wedding? Funeral? Prom? A paycheck? Relationships? A scheduled vacation? It’s easy to think about missing the things we had as routine parts of our life. Or joyful events that we...
by Karen Merry | Apr 28, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
In a recent article on creativity during times of crisis, Bas Korsten (Global Chief Creative Officer at Wunderman Thompson) stated: “Human creativity is built on our brain’s diffuse attention, inefficiency and lack of focus and can actually help get us out of this...
by Karen Merry | Apr 27, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
I’m a total meltdown mess! I am sooooo angry! I kicked a hole in my bathroom door today. I was just minding my own business, cleaning the house, and for no reason, I just burst into tears. I feel like I’m going nuts. I actually threw a glass of water at my husband...
by Karen Merry | Apr 26, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
“A vital person is someone whose aliveness and spirit are expressed not only in personal productivity and activity—such individuals often infectiously energize those with whom they come into contact” –Chris Peterson & Martin Seligman, Character...
by Karen Merry | Apr 25, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
Circa 1967, I was watching one of my first Star Trek episodes when Captain James T. Kirk yelled out to his crew: Strap in; it’s going to get bumpy. Everything in me felt that strap-in command! I sat up a little straighter right there on the couch and was ready for the...
