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6 days ago8 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...
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Dec 12, 20249 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...
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Aug 18, 20247 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...
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Aug 7, 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...
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Jul 22, 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...
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Jul 18, 20246 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...
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Jul 3, 20244 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...
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Jun 22, 20247 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...
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Feb 3, 20248 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...
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Jan 11, 20245 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...
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Sep 8, 20235 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...
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Aug 9, 20234 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. ...
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Jul 11, 20237 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...
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Jun 30, 20236 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...
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Sep 29, 20224 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...
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Jul 2, 20223 min read
Can Ben Still Help Us?
“What is more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.” - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1751, Ben Franklin Ten years ago, I became...
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May 7, 20224 min read
Oops, Did I Just Go Over The Line?
“You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.” Marcus Buckingham, author, business consultant...
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May 5, 20223 min read
Unchecked Assumptions Can Screw Up The Works
"It's sad that we never get trained to leave assumptions behind." Sebastian Thrun, CEO, entrepreneur, computer scientist Unchecked...
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May 3, 20224 min read
What Are Your Strengths - What's Good About You?
“The purpose of life is to discover your gift; the work of life is to develop it; and the meaning of life is to give your gift away.” —...
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Mar 29, 20223 min read
How To Be Braver
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” ―Maya...
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