Steer Your Mind
Our Life is What our Thoughts Make It Marcus Aurelius, 121AD- 180AD I recently began practicing stoicism—not to become an emotionless person, but to... Read More
Who are the 5 People you Spend the Most Time With?
Friendship is one of life’s most important healthy pleasures, and one too often taken for granted. A Harvard study found that having no friends (or... Read More
How do you act when HURRIED?
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion. Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish philosopher 1850-1894 An interesting study at the Princeton Theological Seminary tells a troubling story about... Read More
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
Hacks on Happiness
As countries get richer, they do not get happier. ... Read More
Protect Yourself: Avoid Matching
“We don’t absorb the energy of others, we match it. Wayne Dyer I’ve written about emotional vampires before: those people around us that... Read More
3 Ways to Climb Maslow’s Hierarchy
The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. ~ Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist, 1908-1970 It is estimated... Read More
How to Respond to a Difficult Person
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. Anne... 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