One of my patients asked me to write an article about kindness. Her concept was we would have a better world if everyone simply applied a little more kindness to others in their daily lives. I let that settle into the back of my mind to see what would ferment. On the surface, this […]
How much do you know about sleep? Considering that we as humans spend almost one-third of our lives sleeping, knowing what the heck we are doing while sleeping might be important. Most of us are aware to some degree that some of the time while we sleep, we dream. Some people dream about people […]
I was having a discussion with Ellen a few days ago about the experience of ease I had while visiting my brother up in Portland. I was noting that an identifiable difference while up there compared to my normal life was the absence of demand for me to have a position or make any decisions. I […]
Life is an interesting adventure. Usually we don’t look at it as an adventure. Adventures are for super heroes and special people in books and movies. Adventures involve excitement and risk taking. And at least in the books and movies the fate of the world hangs in the balance. But if we take out the […]
What do you want from life? We all have certain basic survival needs – air, water, food, shelter, and safety. Most of us have these basics met. If you don’t then the focus of your life will pretty much be on securing these needs or else you won’t survive. But aside from these needs most […]