by Guillermo Vidal | Nov 9, 2017 | Spiritual Development
As a young child, I had no choice but to rely on those more powerful than me to decide my fate. My parents, of course, played that role in Cuba until I was ten. When mom and dad sent my brothers and I to the United States to escape from Castro’s Cuba, that role...
by Guillermo Vidal | Nov 2, 2017 | Becoming Your Best Self
I have written before about our human tendency to see ourselves as inferior, not good enough, not worthy. Having spent the past few years confronting this negative self-belief, I stumbled across something important, this damaging concept is rooted in something we hide...
by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 26, 2017 | Spiritual Development
There is a lot to learn about a person from the way they handle trying times. The old saying about the way we describe a partially filled glass of water might predict optimism or pessimism in the observer, but it does nothing to speak of how a person handles...
by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 19, 2017 | Aging Well
Life transitions really, really suck! They are always there waiting in every corner of your life to bite you in the ass. Neither age nor wisdom grants you immunity from them. Transitions are some of the most frustrating times in life and every individual will go...
by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 12, 2017 | Becoming Your Best Self
I never met Tom Petty, but I deeply morn his recent passing. His music was transformative. Some of my favorites were Free Fallin’, Refugee, Learning to Fly, You Don’t Know How it Feels, to name a few. But the one that moved me the most was I Won’t Back Down. The song...