Back in January, Time Magazine published an article called New Ways to Think About Grief in which they described expression of emotion (versus repression) a myth in terms of recovering from grief. I spent a bit of time mulling this over and my studies of hypnotherapy have
Read more →There are times in life when we may just get it all wrong. Unless you wound up dead, however, the opportunity (or not) of having a second chance to get it right pretty much boils down to one thing: the decision of whether or not to allow
Read more →Last night, I found myself standing outside a client’s office at 7:30 p.m. after rebuilding their Exchange Server. With a 90-min. journey home and shopping to do before I got there, it was going to be a late night. This morning, I awoke later than usual as
Read more →It’s a fact: Sometimes you just gotta do stuff that doesn’t quite float your cork. And for some of us, it ends up being more than just sometimes. The difference is that some people just cruise through the motions without giving them much thought, while others get
Read more →Nearly every moment of our precious, short life is spent making decisions. Information comes to us in various forms and, by virtue of our past experiences, we evaluate the appropriate course of action and respond accordingly. Whichever direction we end up going in life, it’s because we
Read more →It can be difficult to know when to cash in your chips and get out of a relationship. One of the crucial aspects of this question is how you feel. When we’re under extreme pressure, the temptation to leave the relationship can be almost overwhelming. Surprisingly, this
Read more →For the first time in something like 18 years, I am beardless. For some reason, the last few times I’ve been shaving, I’ve had this really strong urge to shave my beard completely off rather than trim it. It took me some time to figure out why,
Read more →Love is all you need. As cliché as the above lyric may seem, the fact is there is nearly unimaginable power to be found in love and the pure essence of lovemaking. The shared expression of pure love is one of the most healing aspects one can
Read more →Happy New Year to you all. My brain works in mysterious ways. At any given point during the last couple of hours, I could easily tell you how my current thinking came about by the thoughts immediately preceding. What is somewhat more nebulous is seeing the connection
Read more →Yesterday, Skye, Nigel and I went for a long, long walk that took us from home in Tsurukawa to the very source of the Tsurumi River. It was something I’ve wanted to do for years now, but wasn’t entirely sure how to get up there. Over the
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