04 Aug Everyone Knows What a Horse Is
The first Polish language encyclopedia, Nowe Ateny, was published in 1746. It included definitions such as: Horse: Everyone knows what a horse is.I laughed out loud when I read this. I liked...
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28 Jul Guilty Pleasures
We just came home from a family vacation. After each day’s adventures, we would retreat to our hotel room. And every day, there were treats left on the nightstand by...
21 Jul Meeting the Wild with Calm
Yesterday in Target, in the aisle with diapers and wipes, I saw one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. A toddler was having one of those tantrums. You...
14 Jul Learning to Say “No”
It’s hard to say “no.” There’s a reason alcohol and drug refusal – learning to say no assertively – is a core skill in substance use disorder treatment. It’s hard to...
07 Jul Wibbly Wobbly
I found Emma hiding under the kitchen table, her laptop sitting open on the table above. Her math teacher’s voice was coming loudly through the laptop speakers. “ Emma? Emma?”...
30 Jun This Looks Like a Job for Superman!
It is so much easier to give other people advice than to take our own. Sometimes we can get stuck in our own head, repeating the same ruminations over and...