On making before managing
You may have noticed something in your handful of decades on this planet, which is that the to-do list never actually ends. Never. It’s incredible, really. The fact that you … Read more
Sunday Seekers
On doing the dishes
I offer my patients a glass of water or a cup of tea or coffee when they come into my office, which means at the end of each session, between … Read more
On letting go of villains
Something interesting often happens when we leave a relationship or leave a job or otherwise make a choice in our lives to go in a particular direction. Choosing is never … Read more
On operating as if
There was a day many months ago when I was driving to see a group of people and feeling pretty low. I knew that mood was at least partly shaped … Read more
On the gratification of giving up
There was a fiasco of a trip once where I was traveling solo with two of my very young and overtired children, trying to make a 6:30am flight. The security … Read more