You Have More in Common with a House Plant than You Think

by Guillermo Vidal | Jul 1, 2020 | Becoming Your Best Self

Whenever people around me talk to each other as though I wasn’t there, I use a line to get their attention I learned long ago, “What am I? A Potted Plant?”. Brendan V. Sullivan, attorney for Marine Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver North during the Iran-Contra hearings is...

If It is a Maybe, then the Answer is NO

by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 22, 2020 | Becoming Your Best Self

Many people settle for unsatisfactory choices in the major areas of their lives, like career or relationships. There is a good reason for this if you are from my generation, the Baby Boomers.  We grew up being told to be logical, to choose things that will please our...

Have You Lost Your Way? 

by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 17, 2020 | Becoming Your Best Self

Everyone knows how to get their problems fixed. We take a toothache to a dentist, a cold to a doctor, a sore back to a chiropractor. Masseuses help us loosen up and relax. Dieticians give us advice on what to eat. Many have a ready lists ranging from plumbers to...

You as an Instrument of Peace

by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 10, 2020 | Becoming Your Best Self

There is an adage claiming terrible things come in threes. There is no data to back this up because perception is subjective, what some judge as awful, others don’t. This adage amounts to nothing is more than a person trying to find logic in the random events that...

You Find Fulfillment When You Learn to Live Beyond Your Fears

by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 8, 2020 | Becoming Your Best Self

We have become a fear-based culture. We fear not being properly insured, missing out on an activity, not having the best car or living in the right neighborhood, not having enough money. One need only look at our nightly news to understand that we lust for a regular...

The Positive Opportunities Present in Life Altering Changes

by Guillermo Vidal | Jun 3, 2020 | Becoming Your Best Self

The quirky thing about change, whether one considers the nature of what catalyzed it to be good or evil, is that it can become the source of immense stress. I call this phenomenon the “What do we do now syndrome”. Altering life changes can remove the old familiar...