Author Archives: Gail Cawley Showalter

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Focus on Your Strengths

Concentrating on your strengths will bring power into everything you do. Most of us do not know what our strengths are

You Can’t Change Others

Try as you will, you can’t change another person. We say we know this to be true and yet we continue to try. I know I do

ABCs of Wisdom

Continuing even when things get tough is determination. D is for determination.Wisdom doesn’t come easily. It comes over time when you are determined.

Tell Yourself the Truth

When life gets really tough we want to fantasize to keep the demons out of our thoughts. Action works better. And action will often alleviate the pain.

A Quick Spot-Make a Memory

Recording at KLBT 88.1 FM I raised three children as a single mother before I remarried. I have experienced the potholes, pests, and perils of being the single head-of-household. As an educator in regular and special education for twenty years I know a great deal about child development and how to handle kids. I am […]

Why Kids Need Boundaries

I’ve had occasion to think more recently about parents who want to be friends with their children. They don’t want their children to think of them as mean. They take it personally when a preschooler says, “I hate you.”

Are You on a Spiritual Path?

Walking Your Walk from The Wisdom of the Enneagram, The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for threw Nine Personality Types If we are honest about being on a spiritual path, every day we must embody the truths that we understand-indeed, every moment of every day. We must learn to “walk our walk” in […]

How to Know Yourself

When I Coach a woman the first step is to evaluate her life circumstances.

How to Talk to Yourself

Your thoughts hold a heavy weight over your mental health.

How Can I Be Strong as Single Mom When I Feel So Weak?

Choosing vulnerability is not our usual choice. We can learn, however, the honesty of being open can bring strength when we think we are weak.