Are you a podcast listener? I am, avidly. If you’re not familiar, podcasts are like radio but for impatient people. There is a podcast I listen to faithfully, called We Can Do Hard Things….

This week I went somewhere I’ve never been. Given the choice, my hopes and dreams run towards warm weather, comfy beds, short drives, hot sand and beautiful surf. I like pictures of mountains, of…

Hi! Last week I talked to you about the power of one minute. I committed to a full minute (big deal, huh?) to sit quietly – no tech, no to do list, no tasking…

Hi! I spoke recently to a seventh grader who was telling me that her school has a minute of silence each morning to acknowledge the suffering of the Native Americans who were displaced –…

Hi! How’s your May going? Believe it or not it’s STILL Mental Health Awareness Month (yup, I’m still going on about this ☺️) and I decided to use it to get something done that has…

Hi! There is a big lie in our society about empathy. That lie? Good people have no problem expressing empathy to others. False! Effective empathy is not a character trait and it isn’t a…

Hi! In the US, this weekend is Mother’s Day. This is a day that has, as you’d imagine, a lot of expectations, disappointments and mixed emotions surrounding it, along with a boatload of commercialization….

Hi! It’s May. That’s right, this too-many-things-crammed-into-too-few-days, when-will-the-weather-settle-down month is one my very favorites, because this month is… Mental Health Awareness Month! That means this month I get to shout about how important mental…

Hi! As a teenager I saw somewhere, probably on a bumper sticker (if this isn’t a familiar concept, picture a meme people printed out and taped to their car) that said “I only regret…

Hi! I’m in Melbourne, FL this week, working with the faculty and students of Florida Institute of Technology. Yesterday I met with student leaders and athletes from all over campus to talk about stress…