The world is getting crazier and people are more and more stressed out. Between the political climate and the actual climate, we’re feeling the heat and it’s taking its toll. It’s impossible to know how things will go – will our government do the right thing? Will business and industry finally wake up to the […]
Tara Parker-Pope just published an interesting article in the New York Times about the health benefits of spending time with positive people. Her recommendation is that if we want to be healthier, we ought to spend less time with negative people and a lot more time hanging out with positive ones. It seems self-evident that […]
Summer is in full swing and lots of singles are starting to stress out about not having a date for that summer wedding, pool party or family reunion. For many people, it’s awkward to show up solo to these types of events. It’s stressful not knowing that there will be at least one person at […]
Bullying is a big problem these days. Online, at school, at home and in the workplace, bullies are preying upon the vulnerable. There are even bullies in politics, pushing around their fellow politicians and oppressing their constituents. Bullies are nasty individuals who pick on those who they consider weaker than they are. At home, the […]
We all have at least one or two people-pleasers in our life. We can recognize them as those overly nice, helpful, accommodating individuals who’ll go out of their way to be there for everyone else. We think of people-pleasers as basically decent folks who are trying too hard to be nice. The truth is that […]
Last week was a terrible one. Both the designer Kate Spade and chef-author Anthony Bourdain took their own lives. These are public figures but they had their own private demons and tragically, in both cases, the demons won. I remember reading Bourdain’s book, Kitchen Confidential a while back. His writing style was so intimate that […]
Lately I keep hearing about kids falling apart at the slightest provocation. At home, on the playing field and at all levels of education young people are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis. These are our future doctors, lawyers, artists and leaders, so we have reason to be concerned. A grade-six teacher was telling me […]
One year ago I wrote a viral blog about how helicopter parents are raising unemployable kids who leave University unable to compete in the work world. Today, I want to talk about how helicopter parenting is creating high school grads who can’t compete at the college level. By “helicopter parenting” I mean the over-protection, coddling […]
Spring has arrived and thoughts turn to love. Those who are already in relationships are enjoying all the benefits of couple-hood. Some people, however, aren’t very happy at all. These are the ones who’ve gotten into abusive relationships. The term, “abusive relationship” is thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? In my […]
People are constantly posting photos of themselves online doing amazing things with amazing people. Whether they choose Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter or all of the above, many of these individuals have become social media stars. For those of us with relatively ordinary lives, it’s easy to feel like we fall short in comparison. It’s almost […]
