Worry about yourself – not Joss Whedon
No matter what anybody tells you, cancel culture is real — though it disproportionally affects more vulnerable people, as opposed to wealthy celebrities. I’ve felt its effects on my work efforts...
Category: Mental health
Self-compassion to reduce New Year anxiety
New Year's Eve is supposed to be one of the most joyous occasions to celebrate. No matter where you look - television, social media, emails, family, friends, co-workers - there seems to be great...
I can’t make you care about Ukraine
The writer Mikhail Bulgakov, a fellow native of Kyiv, called the year 1918 “great and terrible.” A little over a century later, 2021 was that kind of year for me — and for many of you too. From...
Couch Guy and the public good
As the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch put it so well recently, forgetting about the concept of the public good is a major problem for us Americans — and it struck me that the ordeal of Robert...
Dr. Allyn Walker and necessary stigmas
Recently, a conservative Twitter account put a non-binary professor at Old Dominion University on blast. It would seem like a familiar story of conservatives trashing someone who is different......
Mental health and determination: what athletes taught us this year
After the suspension of many major sporting events due to the pandemic, 2021 started with a lot of uncertainty. In addition to the Olympics, plenty of championships also took place around the world...
Misinformation is just the first step
I had to scrap my regular column today and start anew. Someone very close to me has just been diagnosed with Covid. They refused the vaccine even after my father tragically succumbed to the virus. As...
Book Review: On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
During the course of our lives, we have to face countless losses. Each and every one of us must face death and walk the difficult path of grief and healing. In the landmark book On Grief and...
The anger we give to the world: will haters always be haters?
Sometimes I'm a masochist, I scroll through comments on social media and websites to find out what people think about a controversial situation. I like to understand human nature and how people...
Charm, farce and propriety
A long time ago, I had a charming friend who was very concerned with propriety. He only went to the right kind of dinner parties. He only liked the right kind of chatter underneath his Facebook...