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POSITIVE VIBES: Perspectives

We all look at the world with our own perspective. When we look at an object or a person or a concept, how we perceive it has a lot to do with our...

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POSITIVE VIBES: Using social media for the positive

In today’s world, social media has become an important part of our lives. For better or for worse, social media influences how we communicate, share...

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POSITIVE VIBES: Listen to the other side

I try to avoid politics on social media and in my columns. After all, I am a positivity coach, and there really aren’t a lot of positive things you...

18.04.2024 10

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POSITIVE VIBES: Positivity of eclipses

On Monday, the Finger Lakes witnessed an eclipse like they haven’t seen in, well, decades — at least in my lifetime. Today we know eclipses are...

11.04.2024 10

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POSITIVE VIBES: Still positive about the Mets

I was away last week, visiting my niece and great nephew in Colorado, so I haven’t had a lot of time to write my column. (I’m also working on a TV...

04.04.2024 20

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POSITIVE VIBES: Things I’d love to see in Geneva

In many ways, Geneva has come a long way in the last few years. The lakefront itself is beautiful, a great place to walk, bike, exercise, fly a kite,...

28.03.2024 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Finding common ground

In a world where there is a lot of division and, well, arguing, finding common ground has become more important than ever before. Common ground is...

21.03.2024 6

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POSITIVE VIBES: Being a good neighbor

These days it’s easy to overlook the importance of building good relationships with our neighbors, yet being a good neighbor isn’t just about...

14.03.2024 10

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POSITIVE VIBES: Savoring the little things

A couple of days ago I was making my iced tea for the day (I’ve learned if you keep iced tea for more than a day it doesn’t taste as fresh). For...

07.03.2024 5

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POSITIVE VIBES: The power of admitting mistakes

First off, I want to say happy actual birthday to all those people out there who were born on Feb. 29. With that out of the way, I want to get to the...

29.02.2024 10

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POSITIVE VIBES: Tips on how to increase your positivity and happiness

This is going to be a basic list of how people can increase their positivity and happiness. I figure we’re in February, in an election year, and we...

22.02.2024 9

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POSITIVE VIBES: Positive Super Bowl ads

I thought for a bit of positive fun I’d give my thoughts on the Super Bowl, but since I’m a Bills fan, I figured I’d concentrate on the...

15.02.2024 3

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POSITIVE VIBES: Positive things about February in Geneva

Once again, February has arrived. I often say that February in Geneva, N.Y., may be the shortest month of the year, but man, somehow it feels like the...

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POSITIVE VIBES: The Bills and Geneva

Locally, a lot of people have been talking about the future of Geneva, especially the lakefront, and the Buffalo Bills. I thought I’d chime in....

25.01.2024 5

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POSITIVE VIBES: The positivity of being positive

The power of being positive extends beyond the song, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy!” It’s a way of thinking that can help make the world, or at least...

18.01.2024 10

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POSITIVE VIBES: The positivity of resilience and the Buffalo Bills

When you google the meaning of resilience you get, “Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life...

12.01.2024 9

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POSITIVE VIBES: Break time

This is going to be another holiday fluff piece. I’ve pretty much spent the last week and a half on vacation, surrounded by relatives — three of...

04.01.2024 8

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POSITIVE VIBES: Positive about being sorry

Saying I’m sorry may be hard for some people, but “I’m sorry” has several positive effects, such as, but not limited to: Promoting empathy:...

28.12.2023 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Holiday thoughts

This is going to be a truly fluff holiday piece. I mean, ‘tis the season of Hallmark movies and lights. If I can’t write a fluff piece now I never...

21.12.2023 5

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POSITIVE VIBES: Being positive despite things

It’s that time of year when we sit back, reflect, and take in what’s happening in the world around us, now and over the course of the last year....

14.12.2023 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Being positive about the holiday season

I’ve heard people complain, “Christmas is just too commercial,” and I don’t disagree with that view. But, that said, and being a positive kind...

07.12.2023 2

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POSITIVE VIBES: The positivity of winter

As winter descends upon us, it’s easy to get caught up in the nostalgia associated with warmer days and longer daylight hours. Many of us dread the...

30.11.2023 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Thanks again

Well, this week marks the arrival of another Thanksgiving. It’s an interesting day, since people around the United States gather as family and...

23.11.2023 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Let’s pick a time and stick with it

Twice a year, most of us in the United States and Canada and a bunch of other countries go through a strange ritual. In the fall, we “fall back”...

09.11.2023 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Being positive to lower pain

After watching the Buffalo Bills’ victory over Tampa Bay last week, Josh Allen said something that really stoked my interest. On the Amazon Prime...

02.11.2023 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Staying positive in today’s world

As I write this (a week before you read it), there is a lot of negative stuff going. The Middle East and the situation in Gaza is a huge of example of...

26.10.2023 7

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POSITIVE VIBES: The positives of reading and writing

With all the problems and turmoil in the world (which are way above my pay grade and intelligence level), I thought I would go with a nice, simple...

19.10.2023 3

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POSITIVE VIBES: The value of compromise and the Roman Empire

Here’s a quote from our representative in Congress, Claudia Tenney: “Instead of working together to pass spending cuts, gain operational control...

12.10.2023 10

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POSITIVE VIBES: Positivity in terms of aging

Ever since I turned 60, when I would show up for my yearly physical my doctor would ask, “Have you fallen and gotten hurt?” I would proudly...

05.10.2023 2

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POSITIVE VIBES: Positive pickleball sportsmanship

With an ever-growing number of pickleball players and courts materializing consistently, I thought it fitting to discuss some basic pickleball ethics...

28.09.2023 4

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POSITIVE VIBES: Sometimes, not being positive is better

I’m veering off the path a bit today. I often hear people say, “I know what’s best for my child!” Heck, I’m sure I’ve said it on occasion...

21.09.2023 10

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POSITIVE VIBES: Taking positivity out of a loss

I’m writing this right after the Buffalo Bills’ 22-16 overtime loss to the New York Jets. First off, I gotta say, “Ouch!” This was a game that...

14.09.2023 1

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POSITIVE VIBES: The positivity of giving

OK, I gotta say this column was inspired by something negative: as of this writing, there is an ongoing battle between Spectrum and Disney that has...

07.09.2023 4

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