Best of Ourselves

Marcia Hyatt is a leadership and life coach who provides a weekly feature on WTIP's North Shore Weekend titled "The Best of Ourselves," which explores how we can be resilient and creative in these turbulent times. Each week, the feature explores what we can do to be intentional, creative and joyful in our lives.
Dealing with Difficult Times - March 2, 2013
-When we are living through difficult times, how do we find self-compassion?
Living the Lessons We Learn - February 16, 2013
-It takes presence of mind to bring our lessons into our everyday lives. And discernment to know which lessons are best forgotten.
Cultivating Creativity - Lessons from Julia Cameron - February 9, 2013
-The Artist Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron is a powerful book for anyone wanting to explore their creativity. In this segment, Marcia shares the 2
Persistence: A Key Ingredient for Success - February 2, 2013
-Summarizing research on persistence from an article in The Intelligent Optimist (www.theoptimist.com). We can learn to develop our persistence to pursue
Exploring Inspiration - January 26, 2013
-What creates inspiration? Marcia explores this subject with her artist husband, Tom Christiansen.
REPEAT - Courage to Be Vulnerable - January 19, 2013
-How do we have the courage to show up as our full selves. This encore segment reviews the work of Brene Brown, from her Houston TED talk in 2010.
Don't Take It Personally, It Might Be Projection - January 12, 2013
-The second of The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz is "Don't Take It Personally". The more I learn about shadow and projection, the more I understand your reaction to me may h
Exploring Our Shadow - January 5, 2013
-The shadow, as defined by Carl Jung, are disowned parts of ourselves. Becoming conscious of our shadow is an important part of our journey to wholeness.
Setting Intentions - December 29, 2012
-Instead of New Year's Resolutions, try setting intentions to focus your attention on what matters most. Create the intention as a question and then learn how to live into it.
Positively Grateful - December 22, 2012
-During stressful times, it helps to savor the postive moments in our day. This week, Marcia used www.positivityratio.com to help her focus on the lif