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Note:  An updated version of this piece was published on July 9, 2017 on Blasting…

I have observed a significant number of people in my lifetime who are risk aversive:…

My next door neighbor Gerry is a car nut. His son Chris, 36, is one…

What is gratitude? The common notion of gratitude is appreciation, or being grateful for life’s…

Some time ago I took a tour of an organization that was interested in having…

I became an extrovert at about age nine.  In fact, I quickly became the class…

For the third straight year the Boys attended the Amador County Fair. We went on…

The Therapeutic Alliance The most important thing in the therapist-patient relationship is the Therapeutic Alliance….

Reduced to bird watching…. Fat Boys Are Born I was fat…

When I think of an awkward pause I visualize a reaction to the unexpected; an…

1. Don’t hire them in the first place. Ask questions in the job interview like,…

Our inner critic is no doubt our harshest critic – always with us, judging, attentive,…

Perfectionism is a mental disorder.  Too strong?  How about an affliction. Actually it is an anxiety disorder…