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Your Fear: True or False?

Your Fear: True or False? Good or Bad? Right now, I honestly believe that anyone who isn’t feeling some measure of fear is simply not awake. I also believe that too many people have been brain washed by pop psychology into thinking they are simply and always supposed...

Trite But True: The Inner Critic (aka TIC)

Before now I refused to even use the term. Seemed so trite, so overused. But lately, The Inner Critic is alive and kicking for so many people, so okay fine, let’s just take it on. Good For You The Inner Critic (we’ll call it TIC) is the voice inside of your head that...

Ever Get Bored?

About Dopamine Boredom is a state of suffering that is rampant right now. If there is not a lot going on, your dopamine can be low and, if your dopamine is low, you are bored. Unfortunately, not enough people know that boredom is about chemicals in the brain. So they...

Executive Sleep

The myth is that executives don’t sleep. The truth is that a lot of them do. And one big reason why is that the same good sense and discipline that got them to where they are—also gets them to sleep. They know it is not okay to steal hours from the night because we...

Happiness in Troubled Times

The Times …troubled for sure. But then there was a break in the clouds. I am pretty sure I saw the national guard and protestors doing the Makarena together the other night. The other thing I know is that some people are actually happier now than before Covid....

How Can We Be Prejudiced? How Can We Not?

Let’s just say I’m horrified, both by the present violence and the violence that precipitated it. And I am trying to understand. That’s how I cope. So here’s what I understand about why we are prejudiced. Some of us more than others. But it’s there.  Why...
The Other Hidden Epidemic: Impostorism

The Other Hidden Epidemic: Impostorism

Impostorism Now Maybe lockdown got you thinking about a pivot. Maybe it’s something you always wanted to do. Maybe it’s a new way to do what you are already doing. Maybe it’s something that never even crossed your mind. And maybe you are not moving on it at all, or...

Now More Than Ever, Self-Control.

All day long now we are making decisions about things we barely had to think about before. How will we get to work when the office opens?  When is it okay to visit with family members?  How often to go to the grocery store? Whether and when to wear your...