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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]