My Father’s Toy Store Created a Pile of Unchecked Expectations
When I was growing up, I was one of six kids and my father owned a toy store in Hackensack, New Jersey. What I learned... Read More
Name what is Bothering You
One Person’s Experience with Integrity Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life. –Shell Silverstein A colleague of... Read More
The Best Way Out is Always Through (Robert Frost)
Our habits of mind can play incredible tricks on us. One of the first things I learned to do as a nurse was to accurately... Read More
Parenting Teens with 3 Strikes
You cannot step into the same river twice. Heraclitus [Philosopher 544 BC – 483 BC] Parenting teenagers forces us to operate in unknown territory. I... Read More
Symptoms as a Means to get our Attention
Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown every Tuesday evening. ― Graham Parke, author Symptoms can be... Read More
Is Your Procrastination a Ripening or a Dodge?
We are willing to pursue any vile task as long as it allows us to avoid something worse. Piers Steel, author The Procrastination Equation ... Read More
Attend Your Own Funeral
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference. ... Read More
Tiny Shift, Big Impact
The only way to reduce ugliness in the world is to reduce it in yourself -Bayard Rustin A few years ago I decided to challenge... 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