Is it Selfish to be Grateful?
In a NY Times article, Barbara Ehrenreich suggests that claims attached to gratitude are hollow. Laying on a yoga mat feeling grateful doesn’t provide gratitude... Read More
The Failure Report
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. James Joyce I came across an astonishing document published by Engineers Without Borders that applies to the human condition... Read More
How to Spot REAL Happiness
Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive. -Hafez (Poet 1325-1390) Noticing how a person smiles can give you great insight... Read More
A**hole Management
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes” Walt Whitman Dealing effectively with difficult people is a life skill because without it,... Read More
The One Word English Sorely Needs
In a scientific dialogue amongst social scientists and the Dalai Lama, published under the title Destructive Emotions the notion of American compassion was raised. It... Read More
The Persistence of the Medical Model
Wisdom is indemonstrable, art uncertain, strength powerless, wealth useless and speech impotent if health be absent. Greek Anatomist Herophilus, the Father of Anatomy A stunning... Read More
When Lost: Our First Teacher is Our Own Heart
At some point in an adult life, a sense of mission drift can take root. Somewhere the life and the work we love takes a... Read More
A Life Hack for Ruminating and Fear
There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.” Jim Morrison Some people spend much of their life confined by their... Read More
Not Rocking Your Mission?
At the mid-point of the path through life, I found myself lost in a wood so dark, the way ahead was blotted out. Dante, The... Read More
Stifle Emotional Vampires
Nothing Ever Becomes Real Until it is Experienced. John Keats There are several forms of emotional vampires (narcissists, victims, controllers, etc.) who go far beyond... Read More