This is Part Four of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. — Elbert Hubbard One morning about five years ago, I called my wife. She was visiting her family in central Mexico with our two children. She had been there for the previous two weeks. […]
Read MoreHave you ever felt your relationships a little off-balance? Anthony Silard’s recent article in Psychology Today might help. Read more here.
Read MoreThis is Part Three of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks. At any point in time, some of our friends desire to be closer to us and some wish for more distance. The irony of craving for less social distance from specific friends is that there are other friends who desire the same from us whom we routinely ignore. […]
Read MoreThis is Part Two of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks. We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson The next morning, as I was walking Alex to the school bus, I asked him, “Do you remember this past […]
Read MoreA user’s guide to managing social distance: Part two of Dr. Anthony Silard’s series in Psychology Today. Read more here.
Read MoreThis is Part One of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks. This past weekend, my son Alex had his first sleepover. A new friend from his elementary school, Chris, spent a good part of the weekend playing with him and his younger sister, Chloe; well, mostly with him, as they both did their best to avoid […]
Read MoreHave you ever felt that you pushed a relationship too far? Dr. Silard’s latest in Psychology Today has some great insight for you. Read more here.
Read MoreWhether it’s a friend not returning our call, being broken up with or being pulled off an important project, each of us has experienced rejection and we are very aware that it hurts. A series of experiments led by social psychologists Jean Twenge of San Diego State University and Roy Baumeister of Florida State University found that even a brief experience […]
Read MoreI went for a walk this morning in a nearby park and ended up in a lively conversation with an 87-year-old man who was walking his Shih Tzu. Alan talked at length about Marcy, who had entered his life six months ago after his previous dog had passed. Keeping It Real About ten minutes into […]
Read More“How can you advise me to spend less time looking at my screens?” more than a few people have asked me after seeing the title of my book, Screened In: The Art of Living Free in the Digital Age. “During the pandemic, my screens are all I have to connect with others.” Feeling Stressed? Connect Actually, […]
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