by Ray DePaola | Dec 14, 2012 | gratitude
I think one of the greatest challenges is watching someone you care about going through a difficult time. You want to fix things and make it better; you want to rescue them; you want to slay their dragons. You want to make their hurt go away. One of the hardest...
by Ray DePaola | Dec 12, 2012 | gratitude
In class tonight, we did a thought-provoking exercise involving just a single sheet of paper. I tore my sheet into a dozen small pieces, then stacked them into 4 piles of 3. On the first 3 sheets, I had to write 3 names of people who mean the most to me. The next 3...
by Ray DePaola | Dec 11, 2012 | gratitude
A wonderful run today, through the local woods. The sky was slate gray, with brooding clouds, occasionally illuminated by shafts of sunlight. Sparrows and chickadees flitted about, from branch to branch and tree to tree. Even a robin and flicker streaked down the...
by Ray DePaola | Dec 10, 2012 | Life Coaching
In psychology, counseling, and coaching, there is a phenomenon called countertransference. In a coach-client relationship, countertransference represents the client’s influence on the coach’s unconscious feelings; whereby the coach may project past...
by Ray DePaola | Dec 9, 2012 | gratitude, Life Coaching
This afternoon, I attended a production by the local high school drama department, where they performed Stephen Sondheim’s macabre musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I really enjoyed myself—the direction, music, and performances were...
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