Author Archives: Gail Cawley Showalter
Become the Parent – Points of View
. In this session I will share ways to avoid conflict with each of the four personalities. It’s the very nature of the parent-child relationship that naturally leads to conflict.
Become the Parent -Building a Bond with Your Child
Were you able to identify how your personality affected your interactions with your child? Can you see how your child’s personality might cause a problem for the two of you?
Solitude
Alone but Not Lonely I’ve not written about the present situation we ALL find ourselves in with the Corona-19 virus. So much is being said-over and over. Many have died, thousands are ill and most of us remain home. I’ve been home for eleven days and only went out eleven days ago to make sure […]
The Dysfunctional Family
A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continually and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions.
Gratitude as Your Attitude
Editorial as it appeared in the Beaumont Enterprise, February 2, 2020 ABC’s of Wisdom – G – Gratitude “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Aesop Gratitude is almost a buzzword these days. In case you don’t know a buzzword is a word or phrase that is overused and loses its original power like […]
Money Tips
Planning is the key. You may think it doesn’t matter because whatever you have is well, all you have. And I want you to look at a little differently. Even living with very little you can plan.
Why You Should Not Give Up
Setting high standards for your children will pay off eventually. In the midst of it all it may not seem so. And yet one day you will see it.
Money Matters All Year
All the wise people I know have financial sense. They understand how to manage money. They understand how to add and subtract. You cannot subtract more than you add to your bank account. Spending more money than you have is not acceptable. Money is simple. It is a commodity of exchange we receive for our time, our skill. So why do so many have so little financial sense?
Gratitude is a Good Thing
This quote was on the cover of our church program yesterday.
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.”
– Melody Beattie
ABC’s of Wisdom-Enthusiasm
Whatever you are, if you are enthusiastic, it’s my bet that you have a passion for life.
Gail Cawley Showalter 