Battling Burnout
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Socrates... Read More
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The DON’T LIST
What you don’t do determines what you can do. Tim Ferriss Feel like you are treading water to stay afloat? Are demands on your life leaving you feeling besieged and depleted? One remedy is... Read More
The 3 Things
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ... 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
Cravings and Jaywalking
According to a research study at Yale University it was concluded that continuous stressors and ongoing life problems intensify food cravings. Cravings are intense and... Read More
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