Articles
Here are my thoughts on a variety of topics. Send email if you want to chat.
Big Changes
- Aging
- Birth or Adoption
- Change of Financial Circumstances
- Death of a Loved One
- Divorce
- On Elevators & Deathbeds
- Job Loss
- Marriage
- Moving (Changing where you call home)
- New Job
- Old Age
- Patient Attention
- Retirement
Emotions
- Alienation
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Burnout
- Confidence
- Depression
- Emotional Resilience
- Fear
- Loneliness
- Loss & Grief
- Psychotherapy
- Feeling a Failure
Illness & Injury
- Addiction
- Caring for Ill or Disabled Family Members
- Chronic Health Problems
- Illness & Injury
Jobs & Schooling
- Academic Pressure
- Co-Workers
- Crappy Bosses
- Job Loss
- Job Pressure
- New Job
- Retirement
- Sense of Failure
Relationships
- Abusive Relationships
- Adult Children
- Boundaries
- Communication
- Conflict
- Co-Workers
- Death of a Loved One
- Difficult Conversations
- Divorce
- Family
- Friendships
- Gaslighting
- Gender & Sexuality
- Older Parents
- Parents
- Psychotherapy
- Raising Children
- Romantic Relationships
- Social Isolation
Self
- Aging
- Body Image
- Your Own Death
- Eating
- From Regret To Humility
- Gender & Sexuality
- Meditation
- Not Having A Choice
- Overcommitment
- Peace of Mind
- Pleasure
- Procrastination
- Psychotherapy
- Purpose
- Regret
- Social Media Overload
- Stress
- Trauma (natural disaster, severe injury or illness, personal assault, emotional abuse, …)
- Uncertainty About the Future
Society
- Alphas and Rugged Individualism
- Fascism
- From Victorianism to Trumpism
- How Agriculture Ruined Everything
- Learning From Animals
- On Hammers and Capitalism
- "It's Just Business"
- Political Action
- Politics & Society
- Prejudice, Discrimination, & Oppression
- Social Media Overload
Values
- Compassion
- Greed
- Hatred
- Loving-kindness
Zen-ish
- Accepting & Rejecting
- The Designer of the Universe
- Everything
- Testosterone and the Illusion of Certainty
- Karma & Reincarnation
- Sacred Languages, Clothing, & Diets
- Secular Buddhism
- Suffering
- What Is So
- Your Own Death
- Zen
- Zen-ish