Picking Yourself Up After A Fall
It's Sunday afternoon, and I just listened to "From the Top," a radio program on National Public Radio. I try to tune into the show every week because it features wonderful, classical musicians who are...
View ArticleChange: Why Is It So Difficult?
Change is hard. Small changes are hard and big changes are even more difficult. In the past, I was terrified of change. Giving up all of my self-destructive behaviors; changing them for more...
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Don't Shake Hands
One of the earliest memories I have is of my father teaching me how to shake hands. He would always comment to me whenever he received what he considered to be the hallmark of a quality handshake, a...
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Deborah Henry: Publishing First Novel is Bittersweet
An essay by guest-blogger Deborah Henry, author of The Whipping Club (See end of post for book give-away!)I remember taking pictures of my daughter waiting for the Kindergarten bus and then my tears as...
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Taking Your Pet to the Grave with You
Some people go to extreme lengths to maintain their bond with a companion animal: they request that upon their death, their pet be euthanized. Sometimes these pets are old or ill, and sometimes they...
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Encouraging Failure: Why Perfection Is not Perfect
My fourth grade son brought home his interim report last week. It was buried amid a massive sheaf of papers: the week's graded papers; a fundraising notice to help a family in the community whose home...
View ArticleThe Impatient Heart: Is It Indeed Now or Never?
"It's now or never, my love won't wait." Elvis Presley "And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had for her." Genesis, 29: 20"Perhaps there is...
View ArticleFaith, Science, God, and College
Going to college does not decrease your faith unless your faith is in a concept of God that has not changed much since we knew for certain that the earth was flat. Back then sitting at the end of the...
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Author Robert Davidson: Trusting Your Artistic Sixth Sense
An essay by guest-blogger Robert Davidson, author of The Farther Shore: Stories. I'm sitting in a lawn chair in my back yard, basking in a patch of spring sunshine, a good book in hand and a hot cup of...
View ArticleOn Misogyny, Demagogy, and Personal Responsibility
This week, Rush Limbaugh called a law student a slut for asking for health care birth control coverage in Congress. It was typical Middle Ages’ Inquisition misogyny. President Obama’s “rescue” of the...
View ArticleUma Thurman: What Matters Most? By Dr. Jane Greer
Can the anticipation of a baby bring people together? That's a good question, and it looks like Uma Thurman is working toward answering it right now. She announced this week that she is expecting a...
View ArticleJennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony: Did Their Careers Collide?
Before Jennifer Lopez married Marc Anthony she was in the white hot spotlight of television, music and movies. She was a huge star and, as often happens, she attracted the boys - especially the bad...
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Winning With Mind And Muscle
Michael Boyle is one of the foremost experts in the fields of strength and conditioning, performance enhancement and general fitness. Michael has served as the head strength and conditioning coach at...
View ArticleVictim of Adult Bullying? Don't Sweat It!
Have you recently felt like someone was making fun of you? Sure, we've all experienced it at some point in our childhoods. Maybe you were picked on because your pants were too short or your stylish...
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Time for a Change
Yes, personality and temperament are predetermined. But that doesn't mean they're fixed.
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Environmental Politics
When Rick Santorum says that scientists on the left have a concocted an elaborate hoax about climate change in order to justify increased governmental control, we're not surprised -- it's become an...
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A Slimming Color: Losing Weight Effortlessly With Visual Illusions
We often procrastinate because outside distractions interfere with our long-term goals. We make plans to exercise or to diet but find our attention irresistibly drawn toward attractions like the...
View ArticleA "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2012" Challenge
Have you seen the latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition? Dads, have you, eyebrows raised,smiling and sighing, flipped through it with your sons? Moms, have you and your daughters expressed envy of...
View ArticleKnowing Evil Without Evil Knowing You
TWO SOURCES OF EVIL TO THINK ABOUTIf evil exists, do you believe "moral insanity" exists?In the recent Sherlock Holmes movie, A Game of Shadows, the GOOD Sherlock Holmes tells the EVIL Professor...
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What Does Authenticity Look Like?
Authenticity. It's a simple word — but for some of us, it isn't so simple. When it comes to those of us who have different methods of expression...what looks like authenticity may not be, and what...
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