by María Tomás-Keegan | Accepting & Adapting to Life's Change
An incident over the weekend reminded me of how stepping back and taking a fresh perspective can help when something happens, and we react. Sometimes badly. For instance, when the gas grill ran out of propane as soon as we put burgers on. Everything after that went...
by María Tomás-Keegan | Accepting & Adapting to Life's Change
Change my mind? Oh, no! That would make me seem indecisive as if I don’t know what I want. Plus, I’ve invested too much already to change direction now! Sound familiar? Don’t get me wrong; being decisive and knowing what you want isn’t a bad thing. That is until...
by María Tomás-Keegan | Breakups, Grief & Loss
For those who are reading this and know me, you might say, How would you know what it’s like to lose a child? You’ve never had children!” That is true–at least not human children. However, even though I have not experienced this particular loss, I have...
by María Tomás-Keegan | Accepting & Adapting to Life's Change
Have you ever looked back on some of the most stressful events in life and wondered how you got through them? Even more importantly, have you considered the lessons you learned along the way that made the next major life event a bit less stressful? What I know for...
by María Tomás-Keegan | Resiliency & Building Confidence
UGH! Rejection! Nobody escapes it. And, overcoming rejection isn’t always easy. For most people, it’s a part of life, including mine. Let me count the ways rejection has shown up for me (and these are just a few): never getting the lead role in my high school...
