Talking 101

Recently I came upon some notes I took at a Psychology conference several years ago. Rereading my notes, one especially interesting seminar caught my attention, from the field of Neuropsychology. There is a body of research that supports what our hearts intuitively know, (what girlfriends have been doing/believing for millennia). People feel better when they: Talk about their feelings. Engage …

A Bug and a Wish

My nephew recently asked his 4-year-old daughter what she had learned that day in preschool. She told him, “I learned about a bug and a wish.” “What does that mean?” her daddy asked. “I don’t know how to tell you,” she replied. So the next time he picked his daughter up at school, he asked the teacher, and this is …

What does your T-shirt say?

Imagine you are wearing a T-shirt with a motto or saying on it that sums up how you relate to life. It is invisible only to you. Everyone else relates to your T-shirt motto unerringly, and treats you accordingly. You wonder, from time to time, how it is that life seems to always be a certain way for you, and …