For many of us, young people in particular, there is pressure to do what society, parents or peers tell us to do – go to university, become a doctor, or work for the government. But if these options are not in our heart, we must resist the pressure from outside, look within and carve out […]
There is increasing proof that the mind is more powerful than we realize. We can think our way to financial success, rewarding relationships, and even good health. Medical researchers now say that in many cases, a placebo – a pill with nothing in it, has greater benefit than actual drugs. If told that the placebo […]
Many of us lead lives of underlying frustration. The reason for this: we have a growing list of things we need to do, but because we don’t particularly enjoy doing them, they never get scratched off our to-do list. The crawl space in my house is now so cluttered, I am sure there are creatures […]
I spoke this week with a friend who told me they won’t be reaching out to certain people this holiday season. I asked why. The response: “Because I have not heard from these people in a long time. Why should I have to be the one to reach out?” The games people play. There seems […]
It struck me as odd. I knew a married couple for years when one day, the man left his wife. The woman said to me, “My life is ruined now.” She had given him the power to make or break her. So often in life, we give others power over us. A spouse is given […]
I did everything I possibly could to get the job. I had been through 3 interviews, all of which went well. My audition was well received. And I was told that I had made the short list. A veteran of the radio business, this was my chance to become a TV anchor. I wanted the […]
He said Freud was an unhappy old man who never considered the human spirit in the health of the mind. Abraham Maslow, who died in 1970, was a different kind of psychologist. Rather than studying what goes wrong with a person’s mind, he chose to study what made the mind right. He called this state […]
Many people these days are in a foul mood. They look grumpy. They complain…a lot. They’ve become meaner than they used to be. The stress of the recent U.S. election and all of the many negative issues it raised, the sagging economy, the state of world affairs – it’s all viewed as a mess. And […]
So many of us lead our lives feeling unworthy. We are convinced that all life has to offer is not really for us. We are worthy only of a little bit of success. But a lot? That’s for others. How wrong we are. It is amazing how our belief system – what we think of […]
In 1982, he was paralyzed from a serious car accident. But Harry Wayne Casey survived, re-learning how to walk, dance and play the piano. Today, Casey is not a household name. But the musical group he created – KC and the Sunshine Band – was famous the world over during the height of the disco […]
Cory Galbraith 