Something like this may have happened to you. On the “Ask” feature, Katie talks about meeting some people, and it’s “like I know everything about them,” even if “I only know them for two days.”It’s almost as if we possess psychic powers, but more accurately we are talking about intuition, generally... Read more
Try this:Close your eyes and relax. Think of someone you’re very fond of, say a loved one. Picture this individual in your mind. Contemplate for a minute or two on the warm feelings you have for this individual. Now contemplate someone neutral, say a casual acquaintance. Try to summon up the same warm feelings for this individual. Now... Read more
My daughter Emily is one trimester away from making me a grandfather. Naturally, I can’t help but think about the obvious elephant in the room. My daughter doesn’t have my diagnosis, but she did inherit half my genes. No doubt, she will be fine, but I have reminded her of the potential risk.Pregnancy issues loom large throughout this... Read more
This really happened to me more than 30 years ago:
I was living in Vancouver, Canada at the time. I was in an obscure corner of the public library, just me among the book stacks. A "stinker" slipped out. I think this was the start of global warming. Another one escaped, then another. By now I was in breach of several articles of the... Read more
Thanks to all of you for your support. To briefly recap:In my previous sharepost, I described my perfect storm of events that placed me at risk of slipping into a bad depression, and how I was applying mindfulness and various cognitive behavioral therapy techniques and other tools to manage my way through the situation. The two major things I had... Read more