Frank Words: A Blog About Being Whole

Frank Words: Handling Shame and Guilt

The Very Rev. Jim Kowalski joins Frank in the episode discussing shame and guilt, what they are, how they differ, and how to handle these universal and difficult imposters.

Your Story: Finding Your Center

Living a whole life, living wholeheartedly, is living from the center of our being. Called by different names—the Self, the soul, our quintessential Nature—our center is the organizing faculty for our whole being. What are we living for, hoping for, caring deeply about? Our answers indicate what our lives center on and center in.

Your Story: How You Create

In most of our minds "creativity" is something that we imagine the artistic and inventive to own. This episode, with California artisit Richard Fox, delves into how creativity is something that all humans have evolved to do and to share. Our conversation takes a fresh look at how we can find, incorporate, and practice the principles of creativity in all parts of our lives.

Your Story: Mentors and Teachers

Who are the people in your life who have taught you, counseled you, guided you? What are the secrets of being a good mentor, qualities that we can practice as we guide our children, our friends, and others?

Your Story. Derailments: When Things Go Wrong

We cannot always stop the things that interrupt our lives, pulling us off track, interrupting our plans and impeding us from reaching out goals. We do have choices as to how we respond to such derailments. Listen and find out ways to refigure and respond to some of your greatest challenges.