Rena Bonesio

When you think of bikers, you probably don’t think of fierce and protective love. Last week I sat through a presentation by Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA). It was phenomenal. It really got me thinking about letting our passions guide our efforts to have a positive impact. BACA gets involved when a child has been … Read more

Take a moment to visualize how it will feel when you are making your own unique positive impact in the world. When we are able to really visualize what we want and experience the related emotions, we can get excited about how awesome it’s going to be. It may feel a little awkward at first … Read more

Love and understanding are some really basic human needs. That’s how I summarize our need to be seen, heard, understood, accepted, and loved. When we recognize this need that drives so much human behavior, we will understand ourselves and others better. This understanding can guide our choices and make things better for us and the … Read more

Writing a blog can be a great way to share ideas and to make a positive difference in the lives of other people. Just for fun, I thought I’d “pull back the curtains” and give you a peek at what it takes for us to write and share our blog at Simply Great Lives. There … Read more

“You never touch me anymore.” “You’re always late.” “Complain, complain, complain—that’s all you ever do.” The statements above are called “over-generalizations.” They use words like “always” and “never” that typically exclude any examples that don’t fit the over-generalization. I’ve been studying neurolinguistic programming (NLP) and I’ve learned that we tend to use these over-generalizations to … Read more

Often, there is a hurting child right in front of us, but we don’t see it. We don’t notice because that child is hiding inside an adult’s body. We are looking in the face of an adult but it’s really a hurting child that’s running the show. All of us have a little child inside … Read more

I want you to know about Own, Honor and Unleash. It’s a phenomenal 3-day live event to help you get in touch with who you are and the message you have to share. I attended it about a year and a half ago and it made a real difference in my life. Trust me, I’ve … Read more

Some people aren’t very good at accepting praise. With a dismissive wave of the hand, they will completely dodge any words of praise. But it’s important to graciously accept praise when it’s given to us. Let’s take a look at why it’s important to accept praise and how to do it graciously. Discrediting praise is … Read more

I have a good excuse for not doing anything special in life. At least people tell me it’s a good excuse. I’m legally blind. All the time people tell me I could just call it quits and stay at home and do nothing. Maybe they tell me that because for them it would be a … Read more