“… how my body needed one, and then, the other, within that moment, for my survival.” I’ve been asthmatic since I was 3 years of age, over 69 years so far. I remember struggling to breathe late at night, in …
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.” – Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman “At least I’m doing what my Saviour would expect of me!” Quentin was a man of small stature, approaching 50 years …
“There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.” – Victor Hugo, author “…it seem to involve a lot of travel and frequent after-hour meetings.” You have probably heard …
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet “Marrika was my client’s mother.” Marrika was not my actual client. Marrika …
“In a universe that’s an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to …
“…probably the most demanding, exhausting and frustrating role a human can take on…” Nature provided us with the plumbing to be parents. Nature endowed us with a perfect reproductive system which has perpetuated our species for at least two …
“The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought.” – Chen-Ning Yang, physicist …
“We must accept life for what it actually is – a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.” – Robert Louis Stevenson, Author “It’s …
“Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. – Bruno Bettelheim, Psychiatrist He is pushing my buttons… Ed was …
Coaching, mentoring, leading, counseling are forms of parenting. Most people would agree there is a common thread running through coaching, mentoring, managing, leading and even counseling. These are all attempts to influence or change in some way someone else’s behaviour. …