Get Some Help

Get Some Help

It was late in his career. He’d abandoned the whole idea of a 45- or 50-minute therapeutic hour. We’d have these marathon two-hour sessions. I think about him all the time. Irv saw me through one of the darkest chapters of my life. I’ve been with my coach, Tama, now...
A Night In The Museum

A Night In The Museum

The Uffizi Gallery is Florence’s great Renaissance art museum near Piazza della Signoria. Its halls are filled with works by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian. You can certainly walk through it by yourself. You can admire the paintings,...
Stop Waiting For The Plan

Stop Waiting For The Plan

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.  One reason people stay stuck in careers and jobs that suck their souls is that they think they need the whole...
Afraid

Afraid

Fear is in the air right now. You can feel it in conversations. In the news. In the markets. In the low grade tension people carry around in their bodies. War in the Middle East. Cultural uncertainty. Financial uncertainty. A sense that the ground beneath our feet...
My Very Favorite Week of the Year

My Very Favorite Week of the Year

This is my very favorite week of the year. Not because of a holiday or a milestone, but because the gym empties out. The machines are suddenly available. No one is queuing. No loud conversations echoing across the floor. The noise drops away. What remains are the...