by Engracia Gill | Dec 15, 2016 | Blog, Family, Mindfulness, Well Being
The Christmas season brings into sharp focus the idea of gifts and giving at this time of the year. Last year, my New Year resolution was to give the gift of my time to my community. I joined iAct which stands for Interfaith Action of Central Texas. Every Wednesday...
by Engracia Gill | Nov 5, 2016 | Blog, Couple
The next time you get into a spat with a loved one, be it your child, your spouse or your parent, you might remember the three Ss for soft, simple and slow! When caught in the tangle of a disagreement, we, human being, resort to hard emotions. It is the way we are...
by Engracia Gill | Jun 6, 2016 | Blog, Mindfulness
The promise of a new beginning! It both excites us and unnerves us all at the same time; whether it is a new house, a new office, a new relationship, a new baby, it is part of the paradox of being human that we both seek it and worry about it. I recently moved my...
by Engracia Gill | Jun 2, 2016 | Blog, Well Being
The word lithium may not evoke marvels to you because you most probably associate with bi-polar and that might actually conjure up dread rather than marvel. That is understandable because our association with lithium is most often linked to lithium as a medication...
by Engracia Gill | Mar 16, 2016 | Blog, Well Being
There are many areas of the world where there are many, living to be 100 or more. These people are known to be living in ‘blue zones’, meaning that these zones are areas of the world where people live healthier and longer lives, compared to the rest of the world....
by Engracia Gill | Aug 30, 2015 | Blog, Family
One of my favorite quote on parenting comes from John Gottman Ph.D., who founded the Gottman Institute in Seattle, an institute that has been dedicated to understanding marriages and families for the last 30 years. “The most three most powerful words that a parent can...
