Dianne Whitford
Welcome to another CGInspo book review! As you may know if you’ve been following my Read Along page, I just finished up Atomic Habits [affiliate link]. Atomic habits are the tiny habits we do regularly that help define...
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Build a Relationship With Yourself
This is my first post in the new Self-Compassion theme, which means today marks four whole weeks since we’ve been doing this dang Coffee, Grit, and Inspiration thing! I shuffled around my planned posts a little bit so...
CBP S2E5: Helping Others Shine
This week’s episode was inspired by a presentation I heard last month about helping others shine, and the comment that “helping others shine doesn’t decrease your own shine.” In this episode, I...
Yes! You CAN Develop Grit!
For the past couple of weeks we’ve been talking about grit. You may be thinking that grit is kind of a “you have it or you don’t” type of quality, but I promise it isn’t. Grit is the quality of being dedicated to...
Heather AbbeThe Link Between Confidence and Resilience
This is our last post in the theme of resilience. So we’ve talked a lot about resilience, but what about self-confidence? How does being self-confident help someone to be resilient? Is a person more self-confident...
Build Resilience With “Oh Well” and Let Things Go
I read not one, but two books this week! There was a topic that showed up in both of them that have to do with resilience and so I wanted to talk about those pieces today. The books are What Got You Here Won’t Get You...
How to Build Resilience In The Face of Grief
I have suffered some adversity in my life, including death and loss. Grief isn’t easy to process, somewhat due to the way society views grief in general. Today I want to talk about grief, and how if we can build...
Social Media Obsession and Detox During Crisis
Social media is a fantastic tool. With it, we are able to reach across miles to family and friends at basically any time, sharing our lives and our thoughts. We share pictures, art, and ideas in real time. In my...
Introduction to Empathy: A Crash Course
Empathy is a complex topic! Today will be an introduction to empathy and then we will dig more into it in the following weeks. At its simplest, empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of someone else...
