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Getting Friendly with the Unknown

The enormity of this global moment hits when we learn that in Jerusalem, the church of the Holy Sepulchre (above) had to close its doors...

Steer Your Mind

Our Life is What our Thoughts Make It Marcus Aurelius, 121AD- 180AD I recently began practicing stoicism—not to become an emotionless person, but to...

No Winter Lasts Forever, No Spring Skips its Turn

I have to let winter be winter. I recently learned that my cousin ended his own life. This brought on a wide range of difficult...

3 Ways New Year’s Promises Take a Nose-dive

1. The Pile-On Is Too Hard: What we know about habit formation science is we can be most successful if we isolate one thing at...

Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice

For many people, holidays bring up a wide range of old and new emotional pain. One client of mine is spending time with a relative...

How to Stay out of the Halloween Candy

“What you seem to be, be really. ― Ben Franklin, 1744 1. Buy candy you hate. 2. Place all consumed wrappers in a glass bowl...

Who are the 5 People you Spend the Most Time With?

Friendship is one of life’s most important healthy pleasures, and one too often taken for granted. A Harvard study found that having no friends (or...

Creeping Normalcy

One day you finally knew what you had to do… and began. -Mary Oliver The metaphor of a frog* dropped in boiling water will jump...

How to Age: Lifespan vs. Healthspan

As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it. Author Margaret Deland (1857 –1945) There are many ways to age well....

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