Recently a friend shared an article entitled Einstein Letter to His Daughter on the Universal Force of Love. The article is very touching and one I think readers might enjoy too. And this sparked for me many questions about love: what is it, when and how is it experienced, why do we crave being in […]
Clarification about How the Amygdala Impacts Behavior
In my last blog I shared some of my thoughts about why Will Smith behaved as he did at the Oscars, suggesting his amygdala hijacked his behavior, a concept proposed by Daniel Goleman in his book Emotional Intelligence. As I shared my thoughts with friends and colleagues, I received mostly strong opinions that a person […]
Are You Good at Prioritizing?
Recently I had a conversation with a friend about the struggles we have prioritizing our lives. It seems like there are so many needs, issues, demands for our time and energy by those around us – kids, family, work, responsibilities around our homes, in groups we are a part of, in meeting our own needs, to […]
The Recipe for “Opinion Soup”
We live in an opinionated world. Or maybe I should say, in my opinion, we live in an opinionated world. Opinions impact our thoughts, beliefs and behaviors. I thought we might benefit from taking a short journey into the nature of opinions, both our own and those of others, how we create them and our […]
Should We Fear for our Democracy?
Recently a colleague sent me an article describing the Tylter Cycle that describes how civilizations that originally were designed to be democracies experienced a predictable series of changes that ultimately led to the demise of that democracy. I found the information both intriguing and frightening, considering the current politicized and fractured state of our country. […]
The Importance of Keeping History Alive as We Remember 911
Most people who were born sometime in the late 1990s and before can vividly remember the horrible scenes of the attack in New York on the World Trade Towers as well as the attack at the Pentagon and the plane crash in Shanksville, PA. Nearly 3000 people died that day along with our belief that […]
Not Everyone Celebrates Mother’s or Father’s Day
It happens every year at this time; postings all over Facebook as people celebrate the gift their mother or father is or was to them, the many tributes and proclamations of deep appreciation for all that a beloved parent contributed to that person’s life. These are heartfelt, beautiful messages of love and gratitude. However, not […]
The Amazing Ability of our Brains to Adapt
I’ve been thinking a lot about how to find gratitude in the middle of all the craziness of today. For most of us it seems like our world has turned upside down with all the many ways we have had to cope with the impact of the pandemic. Some have coped better than others, for many reasons such […]
The Positive Side of Trauma
With all the many negative ways trauma can impact children and adults, it can be comforting to learn that there is some good research saying that there are some positive outcomes for those who have experienced significant trauma. The term that is being used is Post-Traumatic Growth or PTG. Apparently there can be a positive change a person experiences as a result of the struggle they have […]
Exploring Moral Imperatives for Our Times
It’s February, it’s dreary and cold and the days can seem very long. Add to that the continuing pandemic and the world seems to have been turned upside down. Maybe it’s time to do some deep thinking to try to gain focus and clarity and take our minds off all the insanity rather focus our […]
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