It Starts With Us

Here is something we want for our children, although this one can be a trap: Success. The kind of hope I am referring to here is unhealthy because it is…

There is not a lot we actually know about the brain for sure. We have a lot of intelligent speculation but very little we can prove according to the double…

Bright people are often very good at many things. This is a blessing and a curse. The problem I often see is that when a child is born with a…

Sometimes the most unlikely people say the most profound things in the most unexpected moments. I was riding in a taxi on the way home from the airport recently when…

I am not political. Despite having studied economics in school and even international politics at Cambridge for 6 months, I avoid participating in politics. However, given our recent presidential race,…

Resilience. It may be one of the most important characteristics a person possesses. Resilience has popped up in all kinds of research as a key predictor of a person’s success…

In an earlier post I mentioned a number of ways to build resilience and promised to address some of those strategies further in future posts. So here goes the one…

Transitions can be difficult for everyone. Getting out of bed. Starting a new school or job. Ending a relationship. Starting homework. Leaving the couch… Transitions are especially difficult for those…