How We Remember
If you were told to plan the ideal vacation with the caveat that you wouldn’t remember it afterwards, what would you plan? This question was posed by behavioral economist and …
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On the Road with Jack Kerouac
Wednesday marked Jack Kerouac’s birthday. The prolific American novelist would have been 92 this week. An astute observer pointed out to me that this storytelling image, featured multiple places on …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part III
After laying the groundwork for limits with teens, we invariably land on this question: How do parents find a good approach to boundaries that honor both dependence and independence, …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part II
If you took a snapshot of the scene we would most often find between you and your teen, what would it be? Would you be yelling at each other? …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part 1
What Does Baseball Have to Do With Parenting? It’s a 60-foot journey from the pitcher’s mound to home plate. Once the ball is released from the pitcher’s hand, a batter …
The Courage To Be
I’m taking an unanticipated few weeks off from writing. I have some speaking engagements coming up that will require my full attention. It dawned on me today that in order …
A Brief and Almost Encounter
Act I: The Almost Encounter I almost met Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once. Picture O’Hare airport’s gift shop, filled with trinkets that resemble every other tourist trap except with “Chicago” branded …
Couch to Table
How do we bridge the gap between the therapist’s couch and the client’s kitchen table? The farm to table movement is quickly becoming a cultural staple. It’s the …
11:59 PM
I burned my pizza to the stubborn consistency of a hockey puck the other night. I was so absorbed in an essay on writing (or, rather, absorbed in emerging self-exploration …
A Benediction
This is my last post of the year. Over the next few weeks, I hope to spend the moments that are typically carved out for writing, reflecting on good endings …