Have you ever been stuck on Madder-Meinhof Phenomenon merry-go-round? You notice a Mini Copper for the first time, and then you start seeing them everywhere. Psychologists call this perceptual vigilance. Whatever you call it, I experienced it this morning. I saw a headline that included the words body image, and then, I read and [...]
I don’t want to say anything about this. Watch it. You’ll be glad you did. This is a Buzz Feed Video. Trolley image from You Are Here; my mother loves to tell stories about riding the Red Car and other trolley cars when she first moved to Los Angeles. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
I found this chart on Facebook. When my brother was dying, he expressed these regrets. In his last days, he had a clear vision of what mattered. At some gut level, we all know these things, and yet, without some life threatening experience, few have the courage to change. I wanted to post this because [...]
I’m not an animal person. Last night I went to bed sad. You know that feeling in your chest, the one that feels heavy and radiates sadness throughout your body? I cried. Not noisy weeping but silent tears meandering down my cheeks. When I woke up, the feeling hadn’t gone away. My eyes were still [...]
Everyone on the planet should listen to this TED speech. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. –William Shakespeare, Hamlet These are Polonius’s last words to his son Laertes. Polonius is often described as a wise man; however, I would argue that while his words [...]
