The Five Truths
Just recently I was asked to give a presentation to a group of problem gamblers and accompanying family members, all of whom were participating in an outpatient treatment program in… Read More
How to Have a Happy Day
In a previous article, I introduced the idea of the other voice–an inner knowing or truth that arises from fearlessness and stillness. I say “the other voice” because although this… Read More
What Are You Waiting For?
I was recently reminded of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Most everyone is familiar with this story. It is a great adventure, but there is also… Read More
Cry Out Your Grief
Well over a half-million people in the United States have died of Covid-19. Worldwide over 2 and half million people have died. After a year of Covid-19s devastating spread, nearly… Read More
Your Two Faces
Do you realize that you have two faces? Yes, there are only two faces you have to show to the world. The impacts of each face on the well-being and… Read More
Your True Self
In a previous article “Know Thyself,” I wrote about the Johari window as a tool for ways to reveal hidden aspects of yourself. Although useful, this process is not the… Read More
Did Curiosity Really Kill the Cat???
Have you ever met people who, simply put, were uninteresting? Perhaps it was because they only wanted to talk about themselves. Or maybe, they talked about only one subject–sports, politics,… Read More
The Ungrateful Dead
(Artwork the courtesy of Karla Jean Gallagher. See more at www.missprintsandmasterpieces.com,) My apologies to the Grateful Dead followers for this title. I chose it to write about gratitude because I… Read More
Stress Less
(Thanks to Karla Jean Gallagher for her image. See her remarkable art at www.missprintsandmasterpieces.com,) “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the… Read More
Whence Kindness???
Years ago I read an essay entitled “Manners Matter.” It was written by a social psychologist whose name I have forgotten, but the basic premise of the essay has stayed… Read More