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Label Your Way to Well-Being
My house has labels in many places. I have labels on my workbench drawers, while my wife has them on her pantry storage bins. They appear...
Larry Payne
Sep 223 min read


JOYS OF JOURNALING
Modern science has found that journal keeping can do far more for our lives than just being a record of this event or that special occasion. We can enhance our well-being by keeping a journal of our thoughts, feelings and actions.
Larry Payne
Jun 212 min read


TRAVEL SMART WITH PROVEN TIPS
I count it a privilege to have walked the ground of 18 nations and 40 of the 50 states. Many of these trips have been with Jan. We’ve had...
Larry Payne
May 302 min read


Grief for Good, Part 1
I remember the first time I saw a dead person. I awakened to answer the phone and heard the voice of an older woman, a member of my small...
Larry Payne
Jan 175 min read


Five Questions for You in Your New Year Mirror
Ideas for reflection and discernment in the new year
Larry Payne
Jan 31 min read


Handling the Dark Days of Depression
What can be done when the darkness descends on our mood and doesn’t leave? It's important to understand depression so we can help.
Larry Payne
Dec 19, 20246 min read


Growing Strong in Rocky Soil
The soil of our current life context may not be perfect. But our resilience can be beautiful to the Artist and the world!
Larry Payne
Nov 8, 20242 min read


Beware the Mental Mirage
Have you seen the heat on a Our mind can do the same thing. These false ideas are called “cognitive disthighway create the mirage of water?
Larry Payne
Aug 2, 20243 min read


Sleep Better Tonight!
The way you feel today, and the illness that you might have next year, may depend on how you slept last night.
Larry Payne
May 2, 20246 min read


Baby Yes? Baby No? Ethics of Birth Control
Have you attended a gender reveal party? It’s a gathering where the expectant Mom and Dad learn for themselves or tell the world the...
Larry Payne
Apr 4, 20248 min read


Easter's Liminal Space
“And then what happened?” The question from a child is natural when the storyteller pauses. The tale isn’t finished, the action...
Larry Payne
Mar 29, 20242 min read


How to Offer Hope in Domestic Abuse
She came into my office and removed her sunglasses to reveal a swollen eye, purple with bruises. Her words seemed flat. “I need help. He...
Larry Payne
Mar 4, 20245 min read


Breaking Bias for Better Living
The eye doctor spoke bluntly. After testing my vision, he turned to my fiancé and said, “Has he been driving without glasses?” The tone...
Larry Payne
Mar 1, 20247 min read


Who Do You See? Go past your biases
Everyone who reads the Signposts blog must be a wise, loving, growing, suave person. That statement is a crude example of what we know as...
Larry Payne
Feb 9, 20243 min read


Danger! Sabotaging Your Well-being
In June, 1942, a hotel in New York city checked in a dozen men who had traveled from Florida on business. The nation was at war. The area...
Larry Payne
Feb 1, 20244 min read


Speak Up!
Do you find it hard to “speak up?” I’ve always been more of an observer than an actor, more to a leave-it-alone rather than a...
Larry Payne
Jan 26, 20242 min read


TRACKS EXPRESS: Tap the Wisdom
When you encounter a decision point, where do you turn for help? I most often turn to research and reflection, making Pro/Con lists. I’ve...
Larry Payne
Jan 12, 20241 min read


Jump Start your 2024
During my teen years, the business my father owned included a dark, drafty, ancient warehouse. The end-of-the-year brought inventory time...
Larry Payne
Dec 30, 20232 min read


Tracks Express (12/15/23): Soothe the Stress, Make Christmas Last and Enjoy a Cookie
The TRACKS EXPRESS newsletter for 12/15/23 is filled with Christmas goodies. Check out helps for the holiday stress, a devotional on the...
Larry Payne
Dec 16, 20231 min read


Our Wisdom Within
When you encounter a decision point, where do you turn for help? In the book, God Is, Mallory Wyckoff shares her insight that we may...
Larry Payne
Nov 27, 20232 min read














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