http://lanamcglasson.com Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:13:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello again! I am back from a long absence, and I am glad to be here again. As you might recall, several months ago I got the news that my father is in the late stages of terminal cancer. He is still at home in Seattle, and is receiving excellent ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2010/01/back-in-the-saddle-again-2/ Many years ago, I went through an intensive teacher training course in England. In order to get on it, you had to have taught full time for five years after obtaining your initial teaching certificate. I was thrilled to get accepted on the course, since it was at one of ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/10/when-your-best-laid-plans-are-just-rubbish/ I was reading for a client on Sunday, and, as often is the case with my clients, her life was in a mess in one particularly large and important area. The details of her situation aren’t that important to what I want to say today, though, so I won’t go ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/10/the-slump/ Hello, everyone! It’s great to be back writing Psychic Thought…I’ve missed doing it, even though I haven’t been doing it for several weeks now. (I’m saying the same thing about exercising, but I still haven’t gotten back to doing THAT yet, but first things first!) Let me explain my absence. I ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/10/back-in-the-saddle-again/ Let me tell you, there is great freedom that presents itself when you notice that your actions or thoughts are futile. Now, what do I mean by “futile”? Certainly, American culture resists the notion of futility. We are taught to try, try, try again. We don’t like quitters, because they ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/09/freedom-from-futility/ It’s been a week of change in my life, as well as for the lives of others, of course. The good news is that we have added a new member to the family, a young lady cat we got from the pound, whom we’ve named “Eve.” (My husband and I ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/09/lifes-only-constant-is-change/ I just read for a client who is a lovely, lovely woman, having trouble moving ahead with her life because she’s still hung up on trying to reconcile with her ex. Besides giving her advice that was specific to her, I reminded her that “you can’t fix stupid.” In other ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/09/you-cant-fix-stupid/ Anytime I hear the words “good grief,” I always mentally jump in and add “Charlie Brown!” to the end of it. But what exactly is “good grief,” anyway? Is there such a thing as grieving in a good way? If so, does that mean there is a way to grieve ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/09/good-grief/ I’ve just been reading a wonderful little book called “Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude—How to Find, Build, and Keep a YES! Attitude for a Lifetime of Success.” (FT Press—Pearson Education) This author is a funny, funny fellow. He’s in sales and motivational speaking, so by nature he’s ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/09/what-to-do-when-people-puke-on-you/ I wish I were as wise to say that I was the first to espouse this profound piece of advice, but sadly, I wasn’t. Epictetus said it. Actually, what he said specifically was “the essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as ... http://lanamcglasson.com/2009/09/make-your-happiness-depend-as-little-as-possible-on-things/