I just finished my friend Helen Taylor's memoir love lay down beside me and we wept. It is a dissection of her depression which took her as far as a very nearly successful suicide attempt. I knew from meeting her that she is a perfectionist, and that her inner critic wants to tell her that... Continue Reading →
I’d Like to Apologize
There are so many things for me to apologize for, being the usual sort of hypocrite one finds in the world (judging others for behavior that I'm guilty of myself, not liking to admit that I don't know something or that I'm wrong, you know, the usual). In this case I would like to apologize... Continue Reading →
News Flash
I've been having a hard time recently, mostly to do with the state of the world. I was almost able to feel better after a couple of days in the mountains, mostly because there was no network up in the hut. No news. No constant beating myself over the head with the latest depressing information.... Continue Reading →
The Happiness Circle
Try this: find something to laugh about. It has to be something silly and not something unkind, then tell the story about what made you laugh to everyone you know. I only have one story recently that makes me laugh, but it might actually be unkind? I don't know. My mean kids skipped their gym... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 