I can still remember the day*. I was studying at the University of Illinois and my friend Michelle and I hadn’t seen each other for quite a while. She came …
In the wake of events that continue to cause tremendous terror, I want to dissect the War on Terror from a linguistic and emotional perspective. First, we say the War …
I will be the first to admit that I spend a LOT of time freaking out about words. About making sure I put the precise label on the situation at …
Ever been in a situation where you forgot to do something, immediately felt guilty about not doing it, time passed, you still didn’t do it, you felt more and more …
“I’m sorry” –> “I forgive you.” We assume that one has to apologize first and then the other person will forgive. In my work with Emotional Self-Defense, I have discovered …
I’ll often go to a park to juggle a soccer ball. Why? Because earlier this year I remembered how two years ago I asked my mom, “What was my favorite …
The other day, I had one of those “dreaded conversations.” Ya know, the type that you know you should have but do everything in your being to deflect and avoid? …
I recently watched a documentary on Charles Schulz, the famous creator of the Peanuts comic strip (ya know, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, etc) I have been finding myself more and …
Does maybe = no or does maybe = yes? I think it depends on your math. (see, math has a place in the world) Let us set maybe = 0.5, …
Earlier this year, Nathan Ohren from JournalTalk and Write4Life reached out to ask if I wanted to participate in one of his podcast episodes. Nathan was probably the first person …
“My anger” “Her fear” “Your sadness” Emotions are one of the most contagious forces on the planet. Fear of Ebola spread faster than Ebola itself. Joy during the Golden State …
Why do we want to live a life without fear? It seems almost everywhere I read another person talking about how we need to get rid of our fear, we …
At the start of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, I heard Jamie Foxx sing the national anthem. At the start of an NBA Finals game, I heard Usher sing the national anthem. …
Oh how easy it is for me to go a day doing nothing but thinking and reading (and eating.) Well, that’s to say it is easy until the next day, …
When it rains at night, I relax deeply into sleep. When it rains in the morning, I refresh as I breathe in the moist air. When it rains during my …