I have been radio silent for quite a bit. Sorry. I’ve been prioritizing self care, family, and enjoying my life. And, I’ve been putting my creative energy toward finishing my first book, hopefully by the end of the summer. But,…
I think we have established that time is weird for us. A big thing might not feel hard, if it’s a thing that lights our fire. And a small thing can feel overwhelming because it is boring or tedious. I…
Life has been challenging lately. It’s been tough to find the attention and bandwidth to post. So, I’m going to do a series of shorter posts with less philosophical musing and more quick, practical tips. Some will be things I’ve…
I feel like I haven’t done many practical tips for organizing “stuff” lately. So here’s one. Call me a nerd, but one of my favorite things is when something breaks that I just bought, I can almost always put my…
Today’s entry is more of a personal thought. I basically wrote a book right before the pandemic. But it wasn’t quite long enough. It was about 85 pages on how to keep a bad ass to do list, task management…
remember that slogan from 10 or 15 years ago? Probably not. They didn’t stick with it for very long. as patients, we are a sample size of one. I can’t remember if I posted on this before. But it’s a…
I have this weird analogy that I’ve always used to explain decision making. Imagine you’re on a river floating down in a raft. On one side is a sheer cliff. You’re not going that way. On the other side is…
it’s IEP review season in my house. We just did my younger son’s and are going to do my older sons in a little bit. We put that off because he’s got a little bit on his plate right now.…
first a note. It came to my attention that when my website change over to a new host, my blog no longer got sent out to subscribers. I think I have that situation fixed. So, if you are a long…
today’s topic is a bit of an opinion piece. In my opinion, psychiatry has always been a grab bag. Often referred to as part of the “soft sciences,” even though it’s a medical discipline. I don’t know if it will…
Our society has not caught up with the idea of two parent working families. In this country we don’t have enough time off, we don’t have enough vacation, we work too many hours, and we don’t value the family nearly…
I find that there are always two voices in my head. Or maybe I should say there’s one voice that comes from two different places. There’s a voice that says I don’t want to do that thing. And then there’s…
