by Marla Bollak | Sep 18, 2012 | Ego, intuition, Self-growth
The Invisible Hand strikes again. No, not Adam Smith’s. This is the hand of intuition. It’s the hand that leads you to find what you’re looking for. This time, it sent me to the bookshelf. I didn’t realize why. You may recall from last...
by Marla Bollak | Sep 10, 2012 | Ego, Self-growth
People refer to their ego all of the time. I refer to it, myself. But, do we really know what we’re talking about? I wasn’t so sure, so I turned to the vast knowledge base we call the internet. First stop, Wikipedia: Ego is a Latin word meaning...
by Marla Bollak | Sep 5, 2012 | Forgiveness, Healing, Self-growth
In an earlier blogging episode, I stated that you can’t forgive someone else. Forgiving is a process of letting go of emotional pain. You can’t release my pain. So, how can you forgive me? I don’t see how you can. But, you can forgive, and there are...
by Marla Bollak | Aug 27, 2012 | Forgiveness, Healing, Self-growth
All my life I’ve been hearing about how important forgiveness is. My high school friend Sue said I should forgive my mother. A therapist said that you can’t forgive another person, though it was important for me to forgive myself – for allowing...
by Marla Bollak | Jun 29, 2012 | Self-growth, Serendipity, Serendipity
What began as a casual walk during approaching dusk, turned into a Twilight Zone-esque episode. As a man jogged towards me, he asked, “Can you tell me where this path leads?” Taken off guard and totally perplexed, I shrugged my shoulders with my palms...
