Awards and Rewards

My new ebook, I'm Not Goin' There! A Gutsy Girlfriend Guide for Boomer Women Who Don't Want to Spend Their Golden Years Cuddling With Their Cats has been nominated for a Global eBook Award. It's always nice when you've written something that merits recognition. While I am so pleased with the Global eBook nomination, I am even more pleased that a woman who has read I'm Not Goin' There ! says it has dramatically changed her attitude about the "age issue" and as a result has changed her life for the better. This is a "reward" that is really important to me -- more important than any award. When … Read More

Courtesy and Politics

Remember when we were kids and our parents would mutter about friends who had the nerve to talk politics at a party? That was the height of boorishness back then. Anyone with five cents worth of manners knew that you didn’t talk politics—or religion—at a social gathering. Whatever happened to that level of social awareness? Now we are bombarded with opinions from friends, co-workers, family members, total strangers outside the supermarket—even phone-dialing robots. It’s no wonder so many are so weary of the political environment. It’s everywhere. It’s unceasing. And it has little … Read More

Helping The Homeless Help Themselves

Many cities around the United States are now publishing “street newspapers”. These publications focus on the homeless and provide a unique way for them to rise slowly out of their desperate situation. The newspapers are available to the homeless for a fraction of the cost and are sold for $1.00 each. Each vendor signs a contract and is assigned a certain location to sell his or her newspapers. They wear a badge or some ID showing that they are legal. Other areas might have different plans for helping a vendor sell the newspapers. Several States have these newspapers available to help the … Read More

Are You Holding Grudges or Are They Holding You?

Holding grudges is a heavy burden to bear. If you’re holding them, are you aware of what this is really doing to you? It’s probably correct to say that most of us have held one or more grudges at some point in life. Some are about significant events and some are petty. Sometimes we’re able to let grudges go either within a reasonable amount of time or eventually. Sometimes we hold onto grudges for a very, very long time. When this happens, resentment we carry can or does turn into bitterness. Ernest Holmes wrote that the mouth speaks from the heart, and therefore it’s impossible for … Read More

Adrenaline and Depression

There are basically two types of depression – reactive and endogenous. The former is caused by some event in your life – death, injury, a stroke, etc. The latter comes from within, where you might be depressed but are not sure why. In general, irrespective of type, most cases of depression are caused by internalization of anger. Often times, simply removing the cause of the anger will eliminate the depression. An extremely common cause of anger that can be internalized is the presence of excess adrenaline. Remember, this is the fight-or-flight hormone, so an excess can cause people to be … Read More

New Research for May 2012