The Toxic Emotional Cocktail That Is the Holiday Season

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, ​ I developed the three-part series below based on my firsthand witnessing of the toll the upcoming holidays is surprisingly taking on a lot of people. I wanted to better understand why. I hope this series helps you also better understand how you are […]

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Transcending Abandonment: A New Approach to Intimacy

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here This is Part Four of a four-part series titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” You can find Part One here. Karla and I agreed that I would propose within six months and we would have our wedding within a year of that date. All of this happened […]

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What Truly Matters More Than the Capacity to Love?

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here This is Part Three of a four-part series titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” You can find Part One here. A year and a half after Karla left me that third time, I returned to Mexico and deliberately did not see her until two days before my […]

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The Other Side of Abandonment

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, The last article I sent you, in early September, was titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” (Here it is in Psychology Today.) In it, I describe one of the most challenging times in my life, when a former girlfriend, Karla, left me for the third […]

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You Cannot Be Abandoned

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from Rome, I have just returned to teaching in Rome after spending between San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Copenhagen, where I chaired a symposium on workplace loneliness at the Academy of Management conference. ​In Queretaro, Mexico last Thursday to Saturday I facilitated, along with […]

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Can’t Stomach What’s Happening in the World? Try This

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico,​ I don’t know too many people these days who are content with the direction the world is heading in. We need change and we need it soon. ​It’s easy to feel frustrated, even powerless, about what is happening. ​These […]

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Isolation Nation: Why Modern Life Feels So Empty

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from Greece, Hello there! I’m here at a conference with about 200 leadership researchers, the food is wonderful and the backdrop to the conference breathtaking.​While at the conference, which focused on AI and leadership, I reflected a lot on the words of Einstein. “We cannot […]

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How to Stay Centered in a World That Feels Unbearable

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from Rome, Do you feel frustrated, overwhelmed and even helpless at times about the direction the world is moving in today? In our rapidly evolving world in which climate crises, political polarization, narcissistic politicians and social-media-abetted loneliness have become the new norms, your feelings are […]

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Invitation to Book Launch Team or International Advisory Board

Hello there, I would like to invite you to join a new group I´m forming: either the new Book Launch Team (BLT) for my new book, Love and Suffering: Break the Emotional Chains that Prevent You from Experiencing Love, which was just published on April 2nd, or the International Advisory Board (IAB) we are forming […]

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The Game You Never Win But Can’t Stop Playing

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from Kenya, where I just completed a leadership program for 125 highly motivated and brilliant rural school leaders! I’m thrilled to offer you two powerful resources that can help transform your life and relationships: The Myth of Happiness: How Your Definition of Happiness Creates Your […]

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