Normally when I write these posts, I imagine that I am writing to someone who reads them, and I pick different people for different topics. But today, because I’m currently teaching a course on diversity and inclusion, that topic and …
Hard Times & Hope podcast, episode 2 Michael was engaged to the mother of his young son. Then things started to fall apart. And then they got worse. Notes Book mentioned: Educated, by Tara Westover
The plan was to put this into a Cud of Good but it was too long, so it’s here. It’s important to me that my life matters, that my being here has made a difference. But sometimes I can get …
You know that when I left full-time work, one of my goals was to write a novel. It’s a dream I’ve had for a long time. For most of my life, I didn’t think I was worthy of being a …
Hard Times & Hope podcast, episode 1 Laurie is a Ph.D. psychologist who raised two sons mostly on her own. When the second one heads off to college she is left with an empty home, a deep depression, and a …
Morning Routine will be our next topic, but it seems I have a pattern—I like to riff on a few things between topics. This riff was prompted by Gisele Bündchen. Have you read Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss? It’s …
On the Hard Times & Hope podcast, we talk about the challenges of life—how to navigate them and how to have hope. Here are 78 seconds that give you a taste.
I like to pause between themes, to take a moment to rest at the top of the stairs, to take a deep breath. These posts this year started with an exploration into finding our true selves, and after forays into …
And this is how this series on transitions ends, just as the transition from the Neutral Zone to New Beginnings ends, not with a bang but with a gradual sense of clarity. If the Neutral Zone is a swamp, you …
When you are coming through your transition, when you know where you want to go and are tangibly closer, when you feel you are almost near enough to touch it, you will realize some things about your things: There are …