Blog Posts

This coming Sunday, I will be fully invincible. I had my second Covid-19 shot on March 21; after two weeks, I’ll have super powers! Maybe I won’t need health insurance or any kind of [...]

Our poor eyes! It’s not enough that we’re staring at screens all day. We’re also looking at: A grid of faces, some who’d rather not be there. Our own weary reflection or bad hair days. [...]

Why do so many people scroll so late? They stay up well after the time they’d like to go to bed… maybe for hours. Could it be “Revenge Bedtime Procrastination”? You might get caught up in this [...]

Can a poem change your life? This one did for me. Luna Jaffe (financial planner, artist, poet, and more) helped me see how my “non-essential” values and efforts have created true wealth: To care [...]

Relief. I can breathe. I can’t believe how good I feel. I cried through the whole swearing-in. If you’ve been chronically on edge for the past 4 years, these post-inaugural comments might [...]

Can you try an experiment with me? What if you could reverse how you experience gratitude? The usual path to gratitude is to start thinking of what you are blessed to have — family, roof, food, [...]

My friend is an expert at meditation— and that’s the only thing that saves her at night. The agony of restless legs keeps her from falling asleep, or it wakes her up. My restless legs aren’t as [...]

Are you breathing? Of course you are. Breathing is a gift, because it’s both automatic (involuntary) and controllable (voluntary). You keep going without noticing, and when you do notice, it [...]

In memory of Consuelo González, I’m sharing one of her poems and a short funny video. They open up new perspectives to what is possible—just like she did. ::::: Remember by Consuelo González I [...]

My friend Mary Beth is ahead of the news. She and her husband started doing 12 minutes of bone supporting stretches last thing before bed. Since then, she said, both have had the consistently [...]