We’ve all heard that stress is bad for us. In fact, the American Medical Association has cited the statistic that 90% of disease has stress as an underlying cause. We can’t avoid stress but we can learn ways to manage how we react to decrease the stress...
I believe that we each help to create our reality. Sometimes we create our reality in very small incremental steps, so small that we do not see how these steps add up to what we are experiencing. It is usually easier to see this phenomenon in other people’s...
One of the greatest things we can do for our children, especially our daughters, is to inspire them to be themselves. We need to give them the tools they need so they can figure out what will bring “fire” to their eyes. To inspire confidence in their...
I heard Jonah Lehrer speak at a distance education conference a few years ago. During his talk, he shared one of the stories in his book titled How We Decide. The story is about a Navy radar technician who sees a radar blip and has to make a split-second decision:...
It’s 10 days into the year, the New Year’s party is a memory, kids are back in school, and most of us have returned to our normal routines. The excitement of the new year is slowly melting into reality. This is the perfect time to think about the goals and...
A question I have been getting is: Why did you leave teaching/academia? I do not consider that I have left teaching. I have not left academia completely; I still do some teaching but not in the classroom on a full-time basis. As I mentioned in Taking the Leap Towards...
