

The Heart of the Matter
It’s February again. Heart Month. Hard to avoid all those reminders—in the streets and the stores, in our mailbox and inbox, on the TV...

No Parachute
Though I wouldn’t willingly come within 100 feet of a bungee jump, I’ve been flinging myself off metaphorical cliffs just about ever...


Dumping Ballast
Many of us think about the things we’d like to acquire and achieve in that untouched year ahead, all sparkling and fresh and full of...

Thumbs
The past three years or so have brought more and more of my attention to my thumbs. Why? Because their worn-out joints complain many...

TMTF: Tips from Another Life
Ever have trouble getting things done? No, of course not! Whoever would imagine such a thing??? In this society, it seems we’re always...


Working Smart I: Initiative Builder
No time to get it done? Projects gathering cobwebs? Unfinished projects piling up on your desk, in your house, on your conscience? Use...


Working Smart II: Pacing Strategies
This group of activities will help you stay “up” for your work, focus on it more clearly, and actually complete the job more quickly than...

Working Smart III: Focus Strategies
Interestingly, the best remedies for inability to keep your mind one-pointedly on the task at hand are the same as the Pacing Strategies...


Ageing with Grace
We make such an enemy of age in our society, don’t we? And since I’ve learned that the sooner I convert my self-created enemies to...


A Grain of Sand
“A tiny crystal in your inner ear, smaller than a grain of sand, moved the wrong way and pressed on the nerves that tell you which way is...