by Pam Hernandez | Jun 22, 2021 | Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Acceptance, self confidence, Women
“If you want a thing well done, get a couple of old broads to do it.” — Bette Davis The other night I had dinner with two long-time friends that I hadn’t seen for a while and we were catching up. To anyone listening to us, you’d think we’d be...
by Pam Hernandez | May 27, 2021 | Compassion, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships, Well-being, Women
I have been reading Pema Chodron’s book, Start Where You Are, and the above quote jumped off the page at me. What followed was a beautiful description of gloriousness and wretchedness and the necessity of both in our lives. “Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us,...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 29, 2021 | Change, Coaching, Helping, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Acceptance
Do you ever read a book and find yourself highlighting interesting lines on almost every page? That was me as I was reading “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” by Lori Gottlieb. The book was recommended to me by another coach. She said the author was very good at...
by Pam Hernandez | Aug 6, 2020 | Children, Compassion, Daughters, Fathers, Generations, Mothers, Personal Growth, Relationships
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal John Lennon Years ago, when I was teaching English, I was asked to judge the National Scholastic Writing Contest with...
by Pam Hernandez | May 17, 2020 | Generations, History, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships
This old song by Carly Simon has been running through my head for a few days, especially the refrain, and the last lines, “These are the good old days.” We can never know about the days to come But we think about them anyway And I wonder if I’m really with you...
by Pam Hernandez | Apr 9, 2020 | Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Acceptance, Well-being
Here is the entire stanza from a William Wordsmith’s poem published in 1807. So once it would have been—’tis so no more; I have submitted to a new control: A power is gone, which nothing can restore; A deep distress hath humanized my soul. Very prescient words...
