For Sheryl Sandberg: Rethinking the drive to optimize
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, lost her husband Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, just over a month ago when he died at age 47. He...
Focusing on the positive: Does it help?
A bitter drink: Introduce sugar, and the whole drink becomes sweet. A cold bath: Introduce hot water, and the whole bath becomes warm. A...
Keep in mind. (For the family of Lisa Adams)
Lisa Bonchek Adams lived her experience of illness On the web and in the blogosphere On Twitter In essays In poems Out loud On her own...
Looking for a message in a dream
The symbol in the dream has more the value of a parable. It does not conceal, it teaches. ~ Carl Jung For years, I have heard about the...
You don't have to get grief right.
Perhaps we humans are getting a little closer to the understanding that grief is nonlinear, unpredictable, and unique to each individual...
Two inspiring stories and a confession
First, two true stories. One is about my great-grandmother, my father’s paternal grandmother, who lived with my father and his parents...
Of holidays and anniversaries
Last Sunday, December 21, was the 6-month anniversary of my brother’s death. It was also the Winter Solstice. It was also someone’s...