Environmental blockers

Turning Blockers into Boosters, Day 2: The textbook I recommend for readers joining me on this year-long quest to turn blockers into strengths defines blockers as “self-defeating habit patterns,” which generally were formed early in life but are not successful or appropriate for coping with adult challenges. Call these internal blockers. However, there are external …

Join me for a year of turning blockers into boosters

This year I’m committing to doing something every day to turn my blockers — self-defeating habits — into boosters: strengths that will support my success. The framework I’m using comes from the work of Stuart Lichtman. Check him out here. I recommend his e-books and courses. I started using his system in 2005. My results …

YES, deconditioning IS a medical condition

Dear Instapundit asks, “Is deconditioning a medical condition?” Yes, YES, a thousand times YES! The insight that deconditioning is a medical condition is just as brilliant and apt as Hans Selye’s observation that stress is a medical condition. The diagnosis of deconditioning gets to the root of a syndrome of problems that otherwise would be …

My moment of commitment

  Dear gentle readers, I’ve done everything I know how to get through my challenges by myself. But now I’m in a bind that I can’t get out of on my own in time and it feels suicidal not to come clean about my situation and ask for help. My problem is my 16-year-old car …