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Response to Terror? Not Fight, Not Flight, Not Freeze...
It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. B. C. Forbes, Scottish-American...
Aug 225 min read


Ripening: The Missing Chapter in the Story of a Good Life?
Aging is an opportunity to step into the fullness of who we are . Oprah Winfrey While attending a cocktail party of sorts, my energy...
Jun 249 min read


Where is the Path You are Following Taking You? Ways of Life That Lead to Flourishing
The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes...
Jun 56 min read


Awful Acting People and Sacred Enemies: We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home
God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, courage to change the one I can, and wisdom to know that one is me . ...
May 137 min read


Can Prayer Make Us More Healthy?
Prayer isn't just spiritual—it's essential . Dr. Andrew Huberman I was surprised recently to tune into a podcast where Dr. Andrew...
Mar 137 min read


Stop Groundhog Day?
When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the...
Feb 38 min read


No Enemies Within: The Story of Three Wolves (Or Minnions)
“Imbalanced systems, whether internal or external, will tend to polarize.” ― Richard C. Schwartz, Internal Family Systems Therapy “Parts...
Dec 12, 20249 min read


Quick Now: What Are Your Pillars For Living the Good Life?
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy This past week I...
Aug 18, 20247 min read


Revenge OR Turn the Other Cheek - What Does That Mean? Maybe Not What We Think
You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes on on the...
Aug 7, 20247 min read


"Born Bad": Can We Adopt A More Helpful, Accurate, and Life-Giving Story?
"I think there's a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you've stepped across the line into evil, and it's your life's...
Jul 22, 20247 min read


Emotional Hijacking and Triggernometry
Between stimulus and response there's a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...
Jul 18, 20246 min read


Good Ways to Celebrate Our Independence
"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the...
Jul 3, 20244 min read


Relationships, Flourishing, and Seeing With Our Autobiography
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anaïs Nin About forty years ago I had a quick conversation with a friend. He...
Jun 22, 20247 min read


Better Angels? Of Our Nature? Really?
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection…when...
Feb 3, 20248 min read


How About Soul Care?
There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the...
Jan 11, 20245 min read


Naikan: Look Inside, A Daring Way To Find Gratitude and The Good Life
The idea is that if you practice the Naikan part of Constructive Living, life becomes a series of small miracles, and you may start to...
Sep 8, 20235 min read


Best Way To Relax? Ward Off Dementia? Promote Good Citizenship? Build Kids' IQ?
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book – J.K. Rowling This morning I was in an exercise class. ...
Aug 9, 20234 min read


You Have To Catch Happiness Yourself
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Benjamin Franklin Eleven...
Jul 11, 20237 min read


Bias Can't Be Outlawed, Now What?
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." James Baldwin, black American writer Our...
Jun 30, 20236 min read
Chill - It Can Be Done
"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out" Rodney Dangerfield, comedian According to news and local sources...
Sep 29, 20224 min read
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