Wellness and Integrity Are Related

Although we most often think of integrity in the context of morals and doing the right thing, it’s useful to know that the word derives from the Latin and Old French roots meaning “wholeness” or “soundness.” When we think of a person who has integrated her moral code with all aspects of both her business […]

Regaining Integrity After a Fall

One of our Connecticut Study Haller’s wrote: “I’m wondering if you can address how one regains one’s integrity after a fall? Making amends? Undoing damage? Coming clean with others?” “What are some examples of people who reclaimed their integrity and of those who didn’t? Integrity offsets? How big is your integrity footprint?” A way to […]

Integrity Is Not Conditional

We live in a culture where many people have cheated because they can get away with it. Taking unfair advantage of a situation is obviously a violation of integrity. Doing something dishonest just because you can is wrong. Writer John D. MacDonald said: “Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind […]

Inner Integrity

Many people responded to our topic of integrity. A great friend sent the following: “Inner integrity is our basic nature – the effortless emotional wholeness that is our human birthright.” “When we tune into our direct experience as it actually is in the moment – not what our heads think about it, but what we […]

Without Integrity, We Can Feel As Though We Cease To Exist

It’s been said that without integrity, we don’t exist. Why? Because for one to pretend to be true when one isn’t true simply invalidates * being * itself. Dishonesty exists for one primary purpose: to mislead. To mislead others – but, ultimately, to mislead oneself. If all we have is our word, then to utter […]