A fitness trainer uses exercise as a tool to maintain sobriety.
When Your Words Are Pirated
A career journalist was stunned when she saw how she was quoted in an article without consent.
A career journalist was stunned when she saw how she was quoted in an article without consent.
A Look Into the Mind of Mary Trump’s Uncle
Reviewing "Too Much and Never Enough".
Reviewing “Too Much and Never Enough”.
Watching M*A*S*H With My Dad
A veteran and his peacemonger daughter find common ground in a war-time comedy.
A veteran and his peacemonger daughter find common ground in a war-time comedy.
Sleepless In Dublin, PA
The perils of being a highly sensitive person.
The perils of being a highly sensitive person.
I Have Never Felt So Hopeless and Hopeful At the Same Time
An Opti-Mystic questions everything in her life.
An Opti-Mystic questions everything in her life.
Muslim-Mythbusting
A diversity educator shares her wisdom.
A diversity educator shares her wisdom.
A Queenager Looks at Life Through an Unexpected Lens
I never thought I would admit feeling old.
I never thought I would admit feeling old.
A Middle-Class White Woman Admits She Doesn’t Have a Clue
Sharing the stage with Black friends who know first hand what racism means.
The Children Are Watching and Listening
What are we teaching them about kindness?
What are we teaching them about kindness?
One Man Opens His Arms and the World Changes
An interview with Juan Mann, the founder of the Free Hugs Campaign.
An interview with Juan Mann, the founder of the Free Hugs Campaign.
The Take-away Message: focus on the good – there is plenty of it around
An Interview with Dr. Harris Cohen.
The global pandemic finds us in a world-wide whirlwind of the factual and fear-driven and sometimes politically motivated information. We don’t know who or what to believe which exacerbates the already deleterious effects of COVID-19. Those who are reading this piece may be on the frontlines of care or service. They may be homeschooling their…
How Do You Define Politics?
Is it about taking sides?
Is it about taking sides?
Absolute Morality vs. Relative Morality
In this time when it could cost lives.
In this time when it could cost lives.
I’m On Your Side
How microscopic organisms are bringing people together.
How microscopic organisms are bringing people together.
What’s a Hugger To Do When a Hugger Can’t Hug?
Learning to adapt to a major life change.
I am an overwhelmingly tactile person. Touch is my primary love language. I grew up in a huggy-kissy-touchy-feely family. No one left or entered our home without a hug. My parents modeled affection in their marriage, with my sister and me and with extended family and friends. As I grew up, I had that same…