Struggle for Self – Creativity Out of Angst

Just when you thought you knew someone. Reading the papers at the time of his death and his children’s later books about him, I had placed John Cheever in a category: Difficult, closeted, alcoholic artist, troubled by lack of success, and struggling to stay on top when it appeared – a man who wrote beautifully […]

Walk Out Walk On by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze

Walk Out Walk On by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze 2011 Berrett-Koehler I have read Meg Wheatley’s work on Leadership but was delighted and inspired by this engrossing work with Deborah Frieze. I have sent the title to many of my friends who are engrossed in the “American Imperialist” manner of world change and “improvement”. […]

Procrastination, I’ll Talk Myself Out or Into Anything

We tell ourselves it will get done eventually, some time, maybe later, when? I’ve taken many courses in dealing with stress and procrastination. The course that was missing? The one course I REALLY needed? How to try or do something, possibly screw it up, forgive myself and move on! I discovered, that I […]

If they’re hitting you on the head – it must be the drugs!

So you think taking drugs is only hurting you!! What do you know!! Violence towards friends and partners is rising – and most of it has to do with drug use and abuse. The bad effects can be as simple as physical injuries but includes fear, post-traumatic stress and depression which for a victim can lead […]

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