What secondary infertility taught me the role of attention, acceptance, and appreciation in creating a well-lived life.
Category Archives: Psychology
Your Guide to Better Mornings
How to establish a morning ritual and how to use one to be calm, clear, and connected to your higher purpose all day long.
What If This Is Already Enough?
How to break free of the wanting cycle and finally be satisfied.
Is Social Media The New Smoking?
Like cigarettes, social media is ubiquitous (69% adults at last count). We use it compulsively. We use it to socialize. We use it to blow off steam. We use it to get a jolt of energy. Like We use it to numb out.
The Anger Alert: Hello Anger What Do You Have To Tell Me?
For a long time I’ve felt like unpleasant feelings — anger, irritability, anxiety, shame, regret, sadness, stress — are like a fart in a business meeting. At best, a faux pas, and at worst, utterly distasteful. Deep down, I think I really believed that if I lived my life right, I could avoid those unpleasantContinue reading “The Anger Alert: Hello Anger What Do You Have To Tell Me?”
Happy Birthday To Me!
My answers to three interview questions from Tribe of Mentors.
What You Do Matters
We can use our human legacy as storytellers to help ourselves find meaning and purpose.
A Room of My Own
Being location-independent has its perks, but, as Virginia Woolf observed in her classic essay A Room of One’s Own, “A woman must have…a room of her own if she is to write.”
Facebook Is Not Your Friend
What happens to our mental health when we sub out IRL relationships for those on social media? A psychology experiment that’s over 60 years old offers clues.
Black-And-White Thinking
How to use data reduction, a technique from psychology, to drill down to what’s essentially true about what causes and relieves stress in your life.