Life As It Is

Winners and Whiners

What makes a winner? How do they operate differently from whiners? Hurricane Harvey, aka HH, has made the distinction clear. Whiners get stuck in a...

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Hurricane Harvey’s Wake-ups

Scene: Atlanta, GA, Day 3 of Hurricane Harvey. 3 of my flights had been cancelled, Houston airports closed. I was in a beautiful home, with...

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The Positive Power of Being Fed Up (John Bradshaw quote)

This phrase imprinted itself in my body about 30 years ago. It comes to me regularly, when I’m sick and tired of being sick and...

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Conning the Universe

I’ve been single now for 40 years – enjoying sequential monogamy and times of being free and unattached. Occasionally, I would imagine myself in a...

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Mona Lisa Smile

I’m a nice person. However. It’s difficult to keep my nice-ness engaged in a primary way when drivers of other cars behave reprehensibly – ie,...

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The Love Hormone

For years, as a psychotherapist and as a trainer, I’ve had people place their hands over the part of their body that is activated by...

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The Numinous at Work in Our Lives

Scene: Soper’s Hole, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, snorkeling First wake-up – the water here is either deep deep blue or see-through turquoise – exactly like...

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