Tag Archives: Fear

How We Drown, Float or Swim

Posted on October 6, 2020 by

A client recently sent me a note telling me they were drowning. I knew they had a lot of responsibilities, many balls in air to juggle. I offered them an option, perhaps they could consider flipping over on their back … Continue reading →

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When things fall apart

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

There have been many times in my life when things fell apart, whether due to my illness or injury, a loved one’s, a death, or outside circumstances, whether that is work or the world. When we feel like things are … Continue reading →

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Stones

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

Our lives are made up of moments, each strung together like beads on a necklace; they can be pearls, stones or turds. It is up to us. Continue reading →

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Smoke and Fog

Posted on June 19, 2016 by

One morning on the way to work I looked up from tailgating a Corolla made in 1952 to see a cloud of grey across the highway. It was low to the ground, dove colored, with a pigeon’s pedigree at best. … Continue reading →

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Never go to the second location

Posted on April 2, 2016 by

It has been advised by safety experts that it is important to not to let an attacker, kidnapper, or anyone at all shady take us to a second location. Just ask Dexter, who is a professional interior designer with an … Continue reading →

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Choose the Pie!

Posted on January 19, 2014 by

We, as a culture like choices, options: we love restaurants with 27 page menus, multiplex theaters with 20 movies going 20 hours a day, we can be a fireman or a ballerina, there are a plethora of choices of pie, … Continue reading →

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Baby Tough

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

“I believe in you so much I could die from the words that you say” -Dashboard Confessional Many people are not familiar with the term Baby Tough. It was born on a Christmas day some 5 or 6 years ago … Continue reading →

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This is Embarrassing

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

It occurred to me at the gym today, a place where I do some of my best, if not sweaty, thinking, that I have not embarrassed myself in a long time. Something was afoot; I am someone who has spent … Continue reading →

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Mouse Trap

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

An old friend used to tease me that I got paid to color, sword fight, play CandyLand and Mouse Trap. Yea I know what you are thinking, who doesn’t? The truth is I bet most of us are playing some … Continue reading →

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Working in Circles

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

I haven’t written for a long, long time. Not like this, my writing of late has been academically focused due to two new jobs. But that is not the reason for not writing. That is the excuse. There are people … Continue reading →

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