Terry S. de Guzman is an accomplished C-suite executive and life coach offering a holistic and sustainable approach to help you meet your life and business challenges and opportunities.
I don't know if one is borne resilient, if one absorbs it from her culture, or if one develops it through a series of bad events. I do agree that "grace transforms fate into a meaningful vocation. It transforms guilt to trust and courage... it happens in spite of something..."
The delight of experiencing a new place is one of the obvious joys of travel. The degree of wonder this experience brings is what creates the unexpected, and exhilarating, level of joy. Cesky Krumlov turned out to be like stepping onto a fairy-tale book. ..
He never singled out my mistakes or any lack of knowledge on my part. Instead he made it a point to affirm good work and did this in a surprisingly kind and authentic way that it was hard for me not to believe that he truly believed in me…
Call it a whim, but I decided to spend 15 days to visit our daughter living in Madrid, we were both leery of the prospect of this prolonged time of "togetherness". Although we genuinely love and like each other, we've been known to push each other's buttons-- proverbial mother-daughter stuff. A friend of mine suggested, "leave your buttons home"…
This place makes special sound a bit ordinary. Magnificent, magical, awesome, unbelievable may be more fitting descriptions…
The front page and headline of the March 4th edition of the Chicago Tribune's Arts and Entertainment issue featured theatre critic Chris Jones' article: " She Kills Monsters" conjures D&D cool... Buzz22 Chicago production shines in annual 3-play series". I had to pinch myself to make sure that the newspaper is real. This is the play that our 25-year old son and his 6 college friends just produced. He happens to be the company's managing director and producer…
My husband, son and I flew to Madrid to spend Christmas and time together as a family. Our daughter had moved there at the end of the summer. The excitement over the visit consumed all of us, partly because it was Madrid after all, although I suspected in my heart that it was because we have not been together as a family for almost half the year, quite unusual for us…
Over the next 13 years, Rolfie was a constant in our lives. He was a feisty adolescent, quick to meet guests, with a big bark. And although his looks can be intimidating, one would quickly discover that he truly had a sweet nature...
One of my favorite old-time songs is Louis Armstrong’s “It’s a Wonderful World”. I’m thinking as I take my walk on the beach today, I will quietly sing this in my heart, as my prayer of thanks…
Holding positive ideas is not sufficient by itself to change the world. The ideas need to be communicated, be translated into action, and then -- freedom of choice needs to be exercised to act upon these ideas…
It's a bit ironic that despite the magnitude of this life change, the preparation culminates in a decision over what to bring. What does one pack in two suitcases and a carry-on? What of your life do you bring with you on a journey for a new life?
What I always take back is how - every time I saw those youthful faces - that I didn’t realize how young and - perhaps vulnerable - Vincent was. And the sadness I feel is how they will never get to know the person that Vincent was…
