“I started life as a very shy kid, an oldest ‘supposed’ to be, a role model for the younger ones, who has tried very hard to guess at what was required, and to ‘pretend’ to be...

This is a true story, though the names are fictitious.
 

Siblings Betty and Barney had the closest of relationships growing up in the 1970s. Their four-room flat was sandwiched...

Most of us have slogans, mottoes, and ingrained beliefs rattling around in our heads that come to mind in particular situations. Those mantras can give us mental shorthand, a...

Dear college student,

There’s a group of people out there – besides your parents - who are talking about you all the time.

It’s the leaders of organizations who will be intervie...

An overseas client recently asked me what I thought was the greatest problem facing humanity. 

My response:  “Collective human ignorance.”

Human ignorance exacts a double toll o...

“Life did not take over the globe by combat,

but by…continual cooperation, strong interaction,

and mutual dependence among life forms.”

Dr. Lynn Margulis

Pioneering evolutionary b...

One of the popular themes permeating our society is that of “emotional vulnerability.” 

I recently heard the phrase, “In vulnerability is our power.”

I want to share my current...