How To Help Prevent Suicide
For every suicide that occurs there are 300 attempts. I share some tips and guidance for helping someone who is depressed and suicidal find their way to treatment or therapy.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 1-800-273-8255,...
The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
Harry Potter is often described as a philosophical treatise disguised as a children’s book. I couldn't agree more. The author, J.K Rowling, gave this inspiring speech at Harvard a few years ago. It is...
How To Calm Your Eco-Anxiety
Angry, terrified, and in despair.
These three words capture how many people are feeling because of climate change according to a recent report by the American Psychological Association, "Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts,...
Learning Resilience from a Master
The last ten years of Henri Matisse’s were far from what most of us would think of as joyful. His marriage was over, he was diagnosed with cancer and underwent a number of painful...
THE CANINE HEROES OF 9/11
100 search and rescue dogs were deployed to the World Trade Center and Pentagon in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. These heroic canines worked with heroic emergency service workers and firemen to search tirelessly...