If you really stop to think about it, to whittle down human existence to its rawest essence, each of us has but one of two choices to make: invest our lives in the outside…

Self-confidence. Self-loathing. Key measuring sticks by which we measure human happiness or misery, success or failure. We eschew self-loathing, but we aspire to self-confidence, self-esteem, self-love. And what we really want (but shhhh, don’t admit…

The body of my ex-wife was discovered the day after Thanksgiving. Just days later, a good friend took his own life. Both had struggled, in one way or another, with depression, anxiety, self-loathing –…

As parents we wonder how best to raise our children. Understandably, we use the very same blueprint we’ve used for our own lives, encouraging our kids to pursue love, meaning, success, money, security, career,…

In a scene from the screwball comedy, Meatballs, a summer camp counselor played by Bill Murray gives a rousing speech about the futility not just of an upcoming competition with a neighboring rich kids’ camp,…

A man appears on the scene – no, scratch that, there have been too many men in this role. A woman appears on the scene. She is a great mystery to her new neighbors,…