A story about learning from experience and reflection —

What’s more important: Loads of money, or mental health? — The award winner of the World’s Best Example of Capitalism Gone Sideways: Apollo Global Management 7 out of their 30 employees in their New York office — nearly 1/4 of its workforce — have quit their jobs over the last 3 months. They walked away from salaries of $450+K per year because the toxic nature of the workplace and up-to-20-hour workdays were trashing their quality…

What can you do to brighten their today? — I see Julius 3 times a week, as I’m power-walking along the baywalk in my city. Julius doesn’t walk — he can’t. Instead, he pedals his homemade sit-upon tricycle with his right hand. Each morning before dawn he pedals from his home about 5 miles away into town. He bumps…

Why we do it. And how to resolve it. — Do you envy others? Do you wish you could write like someone, or have another’s wealth or good looks? Do you long for the glory of fame like the stars of films or music? Do you yearn for a relationship as romantic and intimate as your best friend’s? If you do, chances are you…

How could we ever have accepted this as normal? — Somewhere along the line, society came to normalize anger as a chief expression of all kinds of feelings. Please don’t ask me why; it makes no sense to me. Especially with this awareness: Most of the time anger is a cover-up for some other emotion. Anger has two forms of expression: raging and outrage. A few examples of anger…

Her final gift to me — A knock at the door. Two men in suits are standing on my front porch. They introduce themselves as policemen, confirm my identity, and ask if they can come in. Oh shit. What did I do to deserve a visit from the cops? The last couple of years of life flashed through my mind like…

I did, in 60 days. Here’s how. — The basics of how I reversed a Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis within 60 days — without drugs: I minimized my carbohydrate intake. I replaced sugar, wheat, pasta and root vegetables with high-quality fats. I dropped 24 lbs, from 194 to 170. I fasted 16 to 22 hours per day, and…

The 1–2–3 method to manage your anger. — “In the hours after an angry outburst the chance of having a heart attack doubles… Repressed anger — where you express it indirectly or go to great lengths to control it, is associated with heart disease” - Dr. Chris Aiken, MD, an instructor in clinical psychiatry at the Wake Forest…

We all use it — either unconsciously, or consciously with intention — Personally, I think Law of Attraction is a flimflam term to sell stuff. On the other hand, were it not for that 2004 film I may never have gotten so interested in mastering my mind. …