It’s your life. No one gets a vote but you.

August 22, 2014
Sometimes the people around you won't understand your journey. They don't need to. It's not for them. Here's how it is: It's YOUR life. But everyone's got...

Smaller is not always better

August 21, 2014
BIGGER? BETTER. There are some times bigger is just better. Smaller is not always better. Regardless of what some want to believe. Phone calendar. There was a day...

The Sixties: maybe we saw too much

August 20, 2014
Watching the CNN series on The Sixties, I wasn't surprised that an entire two-hour episode was devoted to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I've seen so...

Benefits of emotional pain

August 19, 2014
  Whenever your perspective on something creates emotional pain, Carol, it's always because your perspective is still so narrow that you've yet to see all the good...

The dog days of summer

August 18, 2014
It was a hot summer day on Santana Row in San Jose when we encountered this motley crew of dogs hanging out together with their owners and walker. Big and...

Open every door

August 17, 2014
I open every door. This has been pinned up in my office for more than a decade.  The moment I saw it I had to buy it, because it's how I live. I never made a...

False modesty, self-esteem + knowing yourself

August 16, 2014
One of our friends is famous. Oh, you won't know his name, but if you worked in the highly esoteric field in which he works, you would. He is known for his huge brain...

Why bloggers fail (and how not to)

August 15, 2014
Comments are blogger gold, we're told. It's good to engage readers in dialogue. Dialogue fosters community and communities visit blogs more often than casual...

Is seeing believing?

August 14, 2014
  Some things must be believed before they can be seen. We're used to the way science usually works: We see it, then we believe it. We've all heard that seeing...

Fight the stigma of depression and mental illness

August 13, 2014
Whether you know it or not, mental illness has touched your life. Someone in your circle has a mental illness. You may not know it, but they do. They know it all too...

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