Essays
Summoning the Muse
I only write when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes at nine every morning.– William Faulkner Ah…the muse. Isn’t she lovely when she strikes? Ideas erupt in our minds. Words pour forth onto the page. All as if we’re possessed by some mysterious creature. It’s a feeling like no other –...
Need a Change? Grab Your Resilience Bucket & Light Up Your Life
Change of any sort requires resilience. Interestingly, it can also create resilience. As we take action, we grow our capacities. The trick is to know when to do, when to rest, and when to realign. What I call the Resilience Bucket provides a way to visualize our capacity to cope with stress...
Getting My Ducks in a Row: Change Happens Moment by Moment
Just last week, I wrote, “I’m barely into animals and I rarely fall down rabbit holes of YouTube animal cuteness.” And I meant it. Until a couple of days ago, when I needed to simply duck out. I’d hit a wall and needed some respite. There’s always beauty in the world, but there are times when it...
Apple TV’s Series Foundation: A Portal to the Healing Power of Awe | Part 2: Awe on Demand
In Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to the awe-inspiring title sequence from Apple TV’s sci-fi series, Foundation. Today, I’ll precisely define awe, outline its benefits and teach you how to generate Awe Experiences on demand. “Awe is defined as the emotion we feel in response to something...
Awe Injection via Powerful Women: Channeling Athletes to Generate Awe
As I declared last week, awe is easy to generate, readily available, and a viable mental health intervention that can be self-administered. It is also the most underrated and unacknowledged happiness emotion. Next week, we’ll get into the nitty-gritty of self-generated awe, but today I want to...
Apple TV’s Series Foundation: A Portal to the Healing Power of Awe
Part 1: High on Awe (Watch this first: https://youtu.be/VkV2nx6fRTA) I’ve been bitten by a bug. It looks a lot like love and, like love, this has turned me into a bit of a crazy person (assuming that watching the same video dozens of times is … well … a bit off). But it isn’t love. It’s AWE. Like...