Here’s a fun experiment: Name five words you associate with aging. First five that come to mind. What did you get? If you ask a typical American this question, you’re going to get responses like feeble, sick, forgetful, and depressed. If you ask a typical Chinese...
The other night, I was not sleeping. Actually, there have been a few “other nights” lately that have involved a lack of sleep. There wasn’t anything in particular keeping me awake the other night. Just the fire, aka the demise of democracy as we’ve known it. You know,...
Low self-esteem is like dental plaque. We all have it. But no one wants to talk about it. Including me. But, for the purposes of this post, and in the hopes that maybe some of you can relate and it might help a little bit, here goes… For a big chunk of my life, I’ve...
If I had to sum up the recent U.S. Presidential election in one word, I would pick: Divisive. I don’t want to pick that word. I’d rather pick a fun word like Spunky. Or Effervescent. Or Jabberwocky. But alas. I am stuck with Divisive. We all are. In the aftermath of...
Just because something felt right for a long time doesn’t mean it’s right for me now. My life is a process of never-ending change, and part of that change is releasing what no longer fits. If a snake doesn’t release its old skin when the time is right, it can’t...
