by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 8, 2012 | Beautiful Things, Courage, TED Talks
I needed a little piece of happy today so I turned to TED.com for inspiration, and WOW did I find it! Amy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits. “If your...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Apr 13, 2012 | Success Identity Challenge
Happy Friday, my friends, and welcome to the last week of our Success Identity Challenge! We made it! (almost, hehe). Survival “Basic, instinctual needs.” But survival usually refers to our basic need for food, water, clothing, shelter, breathing, personal...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Mar 19, 2012 | The Writing Life
His fingers curled into air quotes as he said the word “writer.” “That’s your job?” he asked. “Yep,” I replied. “So you get paid.” “No. It’s more like an investment.” “So you don’t work.”...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Mar 17, 2012 | Success Identity Challenge
Happy Friday! Oh, I mean Saturday, hehe. I hope your first week of the Success Identity Challenge went well and I look forward to hearing about any experiences or perspective shifts you’d like to share! I’ll add my own thoughts about belonging in the...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 21, 2012 | Beautiful Things, Broken Pieces, When Life Hurts
During a group therapy session for people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I was asked to respond to the following poem: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one...
