Addicted to Anger
Everywhere you look, you’ll find people who are angry.
This isn’t the kind of anger that comes and goes, the kind that’s always been around.
Trying to Get Home
Getting home, going home, finding your way back home against great odds are all themes that have appeared and continue to appear in literature, songs, and popular culture, from The Odyssey to The Wizard of Oz and beyond. We continue to tell stories about home because the idea of home is one that resonates deeply with humans.
Evil. Is There Such a Thing as Pure Evil?
Is There Such a Thing as Pure Evil? When I look at what seems to be going on in the world, it can be dispiriting to see how we treat and regard one another. That dispirited feeling can lead me to attach the word “evil” to people, organizations, even countries. What I’ve been able to […]
How Anger Fuels Stupidity
How Anger Fuels Stupidity I got royally pissed off yesterday. I don’t get mad very often, so when I do, it feels like a stranger has temporarily commandeered my body and mind. Have you ever seen an intelligent person become very stupid all of a sudden? It can happen to any of us the second […]
Hard on Yourself
Hard on Yourself Are you hard on yourself? A better question might be, are you aware of being hard on yourself? When I ask that question, it always surprises me to see the look in people’s eyes. The look I get back is often one of complete cluelessness. Most of us are harder on ourselves […]
Judgment
Judgment On a hike up my local ski mountain the other day, I was so struck by the beauty of grasses and wildflowers nodding and bowing in the summer breeze that I stopped to admire them, something I rarely do on my way up the mountain. It’s not at all rare for me to stop […]
I Know Myself Really Well
I Know Myself Really Well “I know myself really well” is a statement I often hear from clients. It’s also something I told myself for most of my life. But exactly what are we saying when we make that statement? More often than not, what we really mean is, “I know what I’m comfortable with. […]
The Future You
The Future You You’re about to get in your car and drive somewhere you’ve never been. You’ve got everything you need for your adventure and are ready to go. As you put the car in drive and start, where is your attention? If you’re serious about getting wherever the adventure may lead, you’ll probably look […]
Showing Up as Love
Showing Up as Love The lovely feeling of coming home after a long absence is one that most of us are familiar with. Assuming you find your home to be a safe haven where you’re completely comfortable when you come home, there’s a wonderful feeling of settling down, of coming back to yourself. Coming home […]
Is Well-being Created, or Revealed?
Is Well-being Created, or Revealed? I was reading an article about a choral group in Los Angeles. The director of the group was talking about how difficult, at the start of the pandemic, it had been for the singers in his group not to be able to get together and sing. As he talked about […]