Oct
11
2018
The air circulating through my lungs feels different–if not colder than normal. I focus on my shallow breath, the only sound in the room.
The natural light coming in through the bedroom window appears changed as well–dimmer even. Through my...
Feb
12
2018
The Purple Heart is a medal of honor bestowed upon heroic American soldiers wounded in battle. This Valentine's season, in the name of love (not war) I am respectfully borrowing this concept and applying it to our relationships. My...
Apr
10
2017
Self-perception Issues and How to Solve Them
My career pivots on self-perception: the insight that it is not life’s events but how we view and behave around these circumstances that dictates mood, behavior, and ultimately success or failure - and...
Feb
14
2017
How to Make Love a Safe Investment
When I visited the supermarket two weeks ago - the aisles were already adorned with pink-frosted cupcakes and floating heart-shaped balloons inscribed with the word "Love."
Clearly, this pre-holiday product-placement was a teaser designed...
Apr
22
2016
Effective Communication Strategies in Five Easy Steps
Instead of gazing out a window, have you ever used it as a mirror – fussing with your reflection? I often use this as an illustration when assisting clients in strengthening their...
Nov
16
2015
This morning my neighbor and I watched in fear and horror as a panicking dog bolted in-and-out of traffic along Fountain Avenue in Hollywood. Although his collar and tags jangled visibly as he darted, this anxious and panicking animal...
Oct
16
2015
How not to worry about life choices
Most of us worry about making appropriate life choices. Whether these decisions involve our personal or our professional lives, creating strategic moves within optimal time-frames can feel paramount to our well-being.
Life is a...
Sep
03
2015
We all run across relationship counseling advice (this article is an example). We reflexively flag these emails or dump them into our computer's Trash folders. My mother is my Santa Claus in this regard: I've even devoted a whole...
Mar
06
2015
Bill Benson's August Tip:
Do you receive a lot of wall calendars in the mail, too?
I guess the marketing teams of charitable organizations have determined it's hard to leave pictures of people and animals unopened - and I do find...
Sep
11
2014
FEAR is: Forgetting Everything is All Right
F.E.A.R. Not
The disaster in Japan was hard to address and even harder to grasp the massive wall of swiftly moving debris effortlessly annihilating people, places and animals.
As real-time witnesses to Nature's upper hand,...
