Real talk: men find lots of ways to escape. It’s kind of our superpower.
Physically, we go out. We hunt. We play golf. We hang at work. Emotionally, we check out. We game. We get lost in work. We smoke. We drink.
Seriously, now that you have had some time to adjust to the new reality of working from home, how ARE you doing? I really want to know.
How long is it healthy to regret your worst error? I’m working on a streak of about 46 years. Goldfish have a working memory of about 10 seconds.
In the exceptional new show “Ted Lasso,” the title character dispenses some Zen-like wisdom to a player who spends all of his energy stewing over his last bad play: “Be a goldfish.”
Raising and educating kids is hard work that requires a ton of resources and support. It is an investment in our future. So…
Why do we treat parents so poorly?
I love to run on the nature trail around Haverford College. Parts of the trail weave through trees that offer lovely shade and coolness. But those benefits also come with costs.
Feeling like I was gliding along on one early morning run, I tripped on one of those tiny roots in the trail, falling forward in slow motion, brutally landing on my hands and knees.
I have had so many “Wait! What?” moments in the last 12 months, each leading me think about how I could be contributing to bias against BIPOC, LGBTQ, and neurodivergent people. Everything that we do and feel is in relation to one another, and with ourselves.
The pandemic has fallen on our society like rain on a staircase, running more easily off the privileged top steps and deluging the families on the lower rungs with a flood of accumulated intensity.
When politicians lose their elections, their campaign season is over, and they make a call: “I concede.”
When is your season over? And who do you call to concede defeat?
You win, pandemic!
You win, uncertainty.
In the pandemic, it’s hard to remember what month it is. Each day feels like a time-lapse video of our lives.
I was so ecstatic for the opportunity to talk with my meditation teacher, Emily Fletcher, Founder of Ziva Meditation, about parenting, virtual schooling, and how parents can find hope in the darkest of times.
We are spinning in circles from hand-washing to disinfecting to wearing masks. The uncertainty causes a secondary pandemic that has already infected us all. While we plan for the threat of a second/third wave of COVID infections, our nervous systems flood with stress hormones.
It was just another Thursday at work but I felt angry. On February 15, 2018, I showed up at my school in Southwest Philly the day after the shooting massacre in Parkland, Florida. I expected something to shift. However, on that Thursday, I could see that my job was...
Things you find yourself saying when you become a parent:
— Don’t make me count!
— Just eat it.
— I *was* listening.
And my favorite:
— Do you call that music?
My wife Betsy answered a “what’s the skill you’re most proud of” prompt on FB by sharing her parenting success. She feels proud that she was able to raise two functional, independent adults who care for each other and the world. She should be proud. She was raised by...