Moral Compass-Alignment With Values
Resilience Is a Capacity Innate in the Heart as Well as the Brain
One death is a tragedy. One million deaths is a statistic. – Joseph Stalin Perhaps you were struck, as I was, by the contrast in the recent news coverage of […]
True Intelligence in the Second Half of Life
I’m not the only baby-boomer on the planet leaning into retirement, obviously. Besides pragmatic permission from Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, I found a deep and […]
The U.S. and the Holocaust
In my 30 years of helping psychotherapy clients recover and strengthen their resilience, I focused on individuals coping with the challenges of loss and the realities of traumatic disasters. Appropriate, […]
The Paradox of Fourth of July
Today is the Fourth of July, celebrated as Independence Day in the United States. Such a mixed bag. Celebrating the founding of a new nation declaring to the world that […]
Memorial Day – The Living Honor the Dead
Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a solemn time of commemorating all of the U.S. military personnel who have died in any war since the Revolutionary War: 1,354,664 […]
Disasters Generate Altruism
Amidst the images and stories of the bombings of hospitals and schools in Ukraine, we’ve also seen, every day, images and stories of people sheltering together, people carrying elderly and […]
The Perils of Being Co-Opted
I still receive weekly physical therapy for my shoulder fracture last winter; a blessing to still be regaining range of motion and flexibility. Most of the costs are covered through […]
The Practice of Poignancy
Today, May 31, 2021, the last Monday in May, is celebrated as Memorial Day in the United States. Poignant, that the meaning of a holiday, begun in 1868 to honor […]
Save the World?… Savor the World?… How Either/Or Becomes Both/And
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. – E.B. […]
How to Know Right from Wrong…
The notion of following your own moral compass may seem sadly out of fashion nowadays, though the survival of our democracy, our civilization, utterly depends on citizens anchoring their actions […]