

Finding Your Way Back Home
Periodically, like it or not, I’m the receptor of messages. Messages I need in my life. It’s a weird phenomenon which others may have...

Responses and Reactions
Responses…. Reactions…. Reactions (quick, driven by emotions, more likely to lead to reactive behavior in return). Responses (slower,...


Meeting People Where They Are….
Emotionally…… Recognizing where we are and where others are… emotionally… and how to support each other. Easier said than done. To meet...


Think Like a Lawyer
“Thinking like a lawyer” – is it all that different from not thinking like one? As it turns out, based on the dominant personality...


Living with Uncertainty
Uncertainty. How do countries and people deal with it? Avoid it? Countries actually have been compared and ranked on how comfortable they...


Halted Brain…Carrying On Brain
Does part of your brain ever screech to a halt mid-conversation? You’re sitting…You’re talking… You’re listening. And in that time,...


Doing Life
I know there’s not an award for doing life but I’m feeling good about how I did life today— Words from my daughter in the midst of...


Pick Up the Phone
Not to text, not to check email, not to take a picture, not to stream, not to browse. Pick up the phone and actually talk to and connect...


Graduation
Performances. Attending to relatives. Dropping off food. Packing, then delayed packing. Performances. Dropping off food. Attending to...


Windshield Woes
A simple chip. That’s how it began. My dysfunctional relationship with my windshield. Not this year. Only one deductible per year. It...