by Linda and Charlie | Dec 1, 2011 | Newsletters 2011 |
Charlie: On the verge of my fortieth birthday, I was going strong and living my life vision: I had a loving marriage, three beautiful children, a large comfortable home, a good income, and work that I loved. I was on the fast track to success, leading personal growth...
by Linda and Charlie | Nov 1, 2011 | Newsletters 2011 |
Resilience has to do with the capacity to recover, learn, and grow from the experience of adversity. Resilience isn’t acquired or inherited, but is developed in the process of surviving life’s inevitable and often unanticipated difficulties and coming...
by Linda and Charlie | Oct 1, 2011 | Newsletters 2011 |
In the afternoon of October 8, Charlie and I along with seven other intrepid travelers landed at the airport in Paro in Bhutan, fulfilling a long-held vision that we had shared for many years to visit that remote Himalayan country. As our plane slowly descended into...
by Linda and Charlie | Sep 1, 2011 | Newsletters 2011 |
Linda: Back in the old days, at the very beginning of my relationship with Charlie, what I wanted most of all was the comfort and security of a committed partnership. The family I came out of was so chaotic, I wanted some peace and predictability. I was so anxious and...
by Linda and Charlie | Aug 1, 2011 | BLOGS, Newsletters 2011 |
Frank Meeink beat the odds; he survived. An Irish-Italian kid, he grew up in the slums of South Philly. Both of his parents were alcoholics, drug addicts and dealers. Frank was two and his mother was nineteen when his parents split up. A few years later, during their...
by Linda and Charlie | Jul 1, 2011 | BLOGS, Newsletters 2011 |
Linda: I am a recovering pessimist. I grew up in a family that had a basement freezer crammed with food, and cases of canned goods stacked against the walls. All this hoarding of food was preparation for the inevitable economic or political disaster that my parents,...
