Maybe it’s spiders. Maybe it’s germs. Maybe it’s f-f-f-fear of open spaces… Phobias box us in and hold us back.
Panic… For Good Reason
Your heart pounds. Your palms sweat, You can’t catch your breath. What’s happening?
On Love, On Silence, On Speaking Our Minds
When tragedy strikes, we retreat to silence. When tragedy strikes, we speak more plainly. Tragedy struck our nation in recent days. It isn’t the first time; more tragic still, most of us fear it won’t be the last. So perhaps it is time for us to talk about love, plainly. To talk about loss, plainly. […]
Why You Shouldn’t Talk to Strangers. Wait… DO… Maybe.
Online dating. Real life. Who is friend vs. foe?
Jane on Jane, and the Value of YES
Thank you, Women’s Voices for Change, for the shout-out to Emmy Award-winning actor Jane Lynch and her 2012 commencement speech at Smith College. It’s a funny and inspiring twenty minutes (see below), filled with humor and smarts from this multi-talented dynamo. I strongly recommend that you watch and listen, not only enjoying Ms. Lynch’s wit, […]
Notes on the Times
On moving, on thinking, on perspectives for our times.
Can You Name Your Demons?
We all have anxieties, regrets, fears – and often we blame ourselves for events we may not cause, or events in which we share responsibility, but are too quick to own it in entirety. We take comfort in telling ourselves that if we acted differently, things might have turned out differently. It’s difficult to accept […]
Why We Sometimes Pick a Fight
Fighting, when we don’t mean to.
Stressed? Pressed? How Well Does Your Brain Work?
My stomach is knotting, my heart is pounding, pressure is fanning out across my chest. My mouth is dry, my words are sticky. Sometimes, my mind goes blank. Sound familiar? These are just a few of the symptoms we experience when we’re under extreme stress. Oh, not the everyday stuff we all grow accustomed to. […]
Innocent until you “look” guilty?
This particular news item caught my eye this morning, regarding immigration legislation in Georgia, signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal. Is this about jobs? About tax dollars and services, or something more insidious? Netting it out – Georgia has joined the states of Arizona and Utah in trying to enact their own immigration legislation. […]