How Can We Journey Well Toward the Finish Line?
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus Unless there is some time for being together psychologically -...
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- Jun 5
- 7 min
Awkward. The Questions That Lead To Love
With every true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations of which the peace of the whole world rests. Mahatma Gandhi...
- May 2
- 8 min
Mental Health: The Healing Power Of Connection
"An invisible crisis plagues America today. It's responsible for more sickness, suffering, and death than almost anything else. It is...
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
Remember This - A Lesson In Compassion
"Overcoming the need to create outsiders is our greatest challenge as human beings." Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift Yesterday, my...
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
Happy Planksgiving and Other Happiness Builders
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." Cicero, Roman stateman Happy Thanksgiving all. Turkey is...
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
Sticking With It Even When It's Hard
"The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war." Menachem Begin This morning, the day after our country's 2022 midterm...
- Nov 4, 2022
- 6 min
No More Mind Reading
"Cognitive distortions: Mind reading - Inferring a person's possible or probable (usually negative) thoughts from their behavior and...
- Nov 2, 2022
- 5 min
What Really Matters? Some Perspective
"Better to be a man of character than a man of means." Irish proverb This time of year, many people celebrate All Saints Day, All Souls...
- Oct 28, 2022
- 4 min
Sawubona, Say What?
"We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging." Dr. Hunter...
- Oct 18, 2022
- 5 min
Small Belonging Wins... and What Made You Snort Today?
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa “Snort, snort.” Some rendition of...
- Oct 14, 2022
- 4 min
What Made Me Smile - Connecting and Handling Hard Things Better
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. William Butler Yeats, Irish poet At 5:30 last night my husband came...
- Oct 13, 2022
- 4 min
Asking Questions That Connect Us and Bring Us Alive
"Simply altering the way in which you frame a situation and the questions you ask will change any interaction and the outcome." Cheri...
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
Saving Ourselves and Democracy Itself
The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved." Mother Teresa A couple of days ago we had dinner with a...
- Sep 22, 2022
- 3 min
Getting Close To Home
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." Lewis B. Smedes, author, ethicist, theologian My husband...
- Sep 18, 2022
- 4 min
Make a Connection, Not an Impression
“You can make more friends in two months becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people...
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