You’ve may have heard the old adage that when you assume things, you make an ass out of both u and me, (ass-u-me, get it?) and if you anything like me, you try not to make assumptions. But if you are human, you also have what’s known as a negativity bias. A negativity bias is…
There’s been a lot of death around me lately. Not only the shooting in Uvalde, Texas or in the news, but around me personally as well. Not that I “like” death, but I appreciate the clarity and perspective it can bring. If you had one month to live, how would you live? And by…
If you are anything like most people, you like doing things that you are good at. Whether it’s yoga, cooking, finances, parenting, or keeping the peace, it’s more fun doing things that you are good at than it is to struggle along, do poorly, and feel awkward and inept doing things you are bad at.…
The month of May personifies graduation, wrapping up, celebrating birth, both in the form of Mother’s Day and because suddenly there are a million baby plants and animals bursting forth all around, and spring cleaning! What do all of these things have in common? Transition and change! And even though many of these transitions are…
