Relationship Challenges for Empaths
After a break-up two weeks back, and then some additional stress from work travel plus a sick donkey, I've been finding myself...
Training Video for Doctors
I wish every physician would spend 10 minutes to watch this summary by Dr David Kaufman. Compassionate yet totally no nonsense.
On Grit
Today is international Women's Day. And in honor of all the women in my life who continue to blow me away with their courage and...
A Quick Aside on Guns
As I round the bend to 32, I continue gaining perspective on how inadequate my reasoning skills were just ten or fifteen years ago. I...
Finding Your Donkey: Recovery through flow
I was woken up last night at 2 am by the sound of the donkey alarm. He has a particular hee-haw for when he thinks his sheep are in...
Grief and Wallowing
Today one of my sheep came down with some pretty nasty scours, and after driving myself crazy for a few hours researching, asking...
A kinder philosophy of success
This blog post was inspired by Alain De Botton's highly recommended Ted Talk "So, what do you do?" It's hands down the most common...
The Walking Wounded
Though the words are my own, the following thought experiment is sourced from Don Miguel Ruiz's The Mastery of Love. Imagine you are a...
Mornings are Terrible, You are not
Can we talk about mornings? Mornings can be seriously awful. I don't have a good scientific explanation for why mornings suck, so I'm...
The Desiderata
by Max Ehrmann, (Latin: desired things) Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as...