Dr. CK Bray
One of the Best Gifts I Can Give You to Start the Holiday Season
It is the season to begin considering what you are going to create in 2021. I'm not talking about goals or new habits; I'm speaking to...
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Dr. CK Bray
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
The Big “C” To Leave Behind This Holiday Season
Ever since Covid started, it seems complaining has been on the increase. I can’t go anywhere without hearing someone complain about...
Dr. CK Bray
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Take Advantage While You Can
While the world is panicking and trying to adjust, now is the time to make your career and life the way you want it. Everyone is in...
Dr. CK Bray
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
Barriers and Bridges
Our brains are wired to see more barriers in our lives than bridges. For decades a large portion of our career and lives have been...
Dr. CK Bray
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
This Is Only a Test!
Those lucky enough to grow up in the 1970s, ’80s, and 90’s, Saturday morning cartoons were often interrupted by a test of the Emergency...
Dr. CK Bray
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Seek the Ordinary
There is a reason superhero movies are so popular. There seems to be an innate desire for each of us to feel and do something...
Dr. CK Bray
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
A Critical Life Choice
The pandemic and its ripple effects have given rise to thoughts that many individuals were too busy to acknowledge in the past. As the...
Dr. CK Bray
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Go Little to Go BIG
When we think of a goal that is worth accomplishing, we usually go big. We focus on the perfect outcome, such as getting the promotion,...
Dr. CK Bray
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Learning How to Start Over
In the last six months many individuals have experienced a life “start-over.” The world changed so quickly that few were prepared for the...
Dr. CK Bray
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
Inmates' Last Words
The New York Times published an article on the last words of inmates on death row before their executions. I was immediately intrigued ...
Dr. CK Bray
- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min
A Terrible Lie We Tell Ourselves
The statement “I’m too old to ____, is nothing more than fear of being a beginner, and investing in something in which you might not succeed
Dr. CK Bray
- Aug 6, 2020
- 2 min
What is the Meaning of Your Life
As we wade through the deep water of change in nearly every aspect of our lives, we are nudged to ask more profound questions.
Dr. CK Bray
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Road You Will Travel Less
It was a humid Oklahoma evening as my wife and I strolled through a green and lush Mitch Park. We held hands as we discussed our future...
Dr. CK Bray
- Jul 23, 2020
- 2 min
I’m Jealous!
Jealousy is a terrible emotion because it is so personal. Everyone has their own jealousy map. While you may be jealous by the success...
Dr. CK Bray
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
A Clarion Call for Compassion and Seeking to Understand
We defend, we rationalize, we judge, we assume, and our brain agrees. Your brain seeks to back up why your thinking is 100% correct...
Dr. CK Bray
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
Keeping Sane While Working at Home
Only three months ago, most individuals would have begged for a week to experience a staycation. Now the staycation has forever worn out...
Dr. CK Bray
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
A Dash of Hope: One of the Brain’s Favorite Words
Whenever we are confronted by an unfamiliar situation, where the view of our expected destination is cloudy, we can begin to panic.
Dr. CK Bray
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
Pandemic Productivity
We all had thoughts and fantasies about working from home and what that would mean when the stay at home order went into effect...
Dr. CK Bray
- Apr 16, 2020
- 3 min
A Hat in the Canal and My MacGyver Moment
I was in the middle of a run along the canal when I noticed it, a hat barely visible above the canal wall...
Dr. CK Bray
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
Our Normal
Our normal changed. Aspects of our lives shifted, from work to family, dating, eating, shopping, and even how we communicate and live...
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