I’m pleased to introduce Dr. Dawna Markova. Dawna is an internationally renowned thought leader and personal growth expert. She has lived many incarnations in the past seven decades as an author, teacher, psychotherapist,…
Pickle Ball with our Grandson and his Friend This week’s blogs have explored the upsides and the potential downsides of a focused life. On the continuum from FOCUSED to DISTRACTED, Ed and I regularly err on the side of too much FOCUS, undoubtedly sacrificing important…
Us Being Focused In my last blog, I shared a true story about my parents’ extraordinary selfless service to leprosy patients in Paraguay, South America as an illustration of the Metta Center’s definition of true generosity: “True generosity … the act of recognizing the…
Clara and John Schmidt in 1952 What follows is a true story about extraordinary selfless service to lepers in Paraguay, South America. I believe it illustrate this lovely reflection on generosity from the Metta Center: “True generosity is often described as the act of recognizing…
Boogie with his New Soccer Shorts My ten-year-old grandson Elian loves stuffed animals. According to him, “in the stuffed animal kingdom, they’re for real.” He recently gave a pair of his favorite soccer shorts to Boogie, my husband’s 35-year-old stuffed bear….
A Random Act of Generosity Our guest on this week’s podcast was Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, and author of Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life. One of the virtues Jonathan…
Jonathan Reckford with President Jimmy Carter I feel privileged and honored to kick off this season by introducing today’s guest, a leader in the service arena, Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International and author of…
Louis and I Before Social Distancing This week’s blogs have been about discovering our truest selves. That’s damn hard work for any of us. But it seems to me that it’s especially challenging for youngsters trying to figure it…
President Jimmy Carter with Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity The web is teeming with advice about what I can do to learn who I truly am. Knowing myself, I’m told, is an important step to achieving greater joy and inner peace. Long ago,…
Catching the “Bad Guy” This week’s blogs have been about the dangers of labeling people (including ourselves) as either ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ Here’s my grandson playing the ‘catching-the-bad-guy’ game we all loved as kids. Yes, that’s Ed buried under the mountain of pillows. Why…