Author Archives: Bob Caffrey

Leaning Forward: 4 Principles to Handling Adversity and Using it to Develop Inner Strength

By Bob Caffrey

Our nervous systems crave predictability and consistent responses from our environments. This is often why we look to bad habits, certain unhealthy foods, alcohol or sometimes even drugs to give our nervous system the relief that it seeks from dealing … Continue reading →

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Letting Go: Choosing Why to Forgive or When to Hang On

By Bob Caffrey

It often seems that it’s when we are the most hurt by the acts of others that “just moving on” feels almost impossible.  Part of us wants to “let go,” but a seemingly equal part just can’t. The harm may … Continue reading →

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Creating Happiness: 4 Principles for Charting Your Course to a Happier Life.

By Bob Caffrey

The words we use say so much about how we view ourselves and our world.  For example, how many of us are always “searching” for happiness?  How many of us just “hope to find it” someday? On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Delta Force Commander,” by LTC (ret.) Peter Blaber

By Bob Caffrey

Life’s lessons can be learned in many different environments.  As a former member of the U.S. Army’s elite counter terrorism unit, known as the “Delta” force, LTC Peter Blaber learned these lessons where the margin for error was virtually non-existent, … Continue reading →

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Finding Center: 6 Steps to Promoting Harmony and Developing Gratitude in Hard Times

By Bob Caffrey

It seems like challenge and difficulty can be found around every corner these days, especially when we believe that “hard times” are all that there is that awaits us.  We struggle, we worry, we get angry, and we feel like … Continue reading →

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Winning Conversations: 5 Principles to Help You to Say it More Effectively and Hear it More Clearly

By Bob Caffrey

Winning Conversations: 5 Principles to Help You to Say it More Effectively and Hear it More Clearly We’ve all been there; that feeling of stuck, of impasse, when we’re trying to understand, or be understood, and the conversation seems stalled.  … Continue reading →

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5 Steps to Mastering Patience in an Impatient World

By Bob Caffrey

The Englishman philosopher and statesman George Savile (1633 – 1695) once wrote that “the master of patience is the master of everything else.”  As do all skills that we can learn to master, however, patience must be first studied and … Continue reading →

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5 Tips to Surfing on the Power of Positive Thoughts

By Bob Caffrey

What do we know about the power our thoughts have to impact the quality of our life? Simple. “As a person thinks, so shall they be.”  (Proverbs 23:7) We can ride the positive power of our thoughts like a surfer … Continue reading →

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When Saying Makes It So: 8 Steps to improving your “Self-talk” and changing your life.

By Bob Caffrey

It’s been estimated that we have about 50,000 thoughts a day.  This is our “self talk.”  It’s the soundtrack in our heads that we’re sometimes aware of, and sometimes, not so much.  We make sense of ourselves and our world … Continue reading →

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How Do You Climb Mount Everest?: 7 Steps To Meeting Life’s Challenges

By Bob Caffrey

It goes without saying that life is challenging. Some challenges we seek; some find us all by themselves.  Dealing with them effectively determines the quality of our life. Much as succeeding in life, getting to the top of Mount Everest … Continue reading →

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