I have long known, both as an individual and as a therapist, that personal control is a challenging notion for all of us. Control is a gift and wonderful feature of being human. In psychology they refer to this as ‘agency’. It’s our capacity to direct our life and efforts. But it is not lost […]
For Catholics and other Christian’s we are now in the season of Lent. Growing up in the Catholic Church this was a typical and predictable part of the year for us. But if you were not a Church goer, or with no Christian religious history or knowledge, Lent certainly seems strange. Right from the start […]
Anyone studying to become a mental health practitioner learns the term ‘biopsychosocial’.It’s a mouthful but captures the essence of understanding the dimensions of the challenges affecting an individual’s life. Clinicians are given the task of understanding what organic issues are at play for a new client. Are there biological issues at work affecting the person’s […]
Across the several decades of my life here in the U.S., I have experienced multiple times of social and cultural disturbances. There was the heat of my World War II parent’s generation over the disruptions of the 1960’s. There was the horrific assassination of President Kennedy, followed by the fear and anger over the war […]
As I move along in age and career I have decided to take aim at more opportunities for serving. And my focus in this career adjustment will be in keeping with the skills and gifts that brought me to this place. I have had remarkably fortunate opportunities as a performer, comedian, media presence and Christian […]
Everyone is aware and alarmed about the state of American society. Division doesn’t capture it. Polarized is closer. Sides are drawn on issues and leaders and no one is neutral. Civility has evaporated. No one in America is calm and sane when it comes to our opinions on issues and the leaders who espouse them. […]
The Attorney General’s report on the horrific school shooting at the Robb. Elementary School on Uvalde Texas was stunning and shocking. Based on what we all saw on the day of that tragedy, there was unbelievable negligence on the part of the law enforcement officials that day. And the Attorney General let them have it […]
Thursday, January 18, 2024 “I am not a gun owner, and I am not against gun ownership at all. If the need arose I would get a gun. Several members of my family are gun owners and I have no worries about their safe handling. They are trained and use it for firing at the […]
I am urged to share this excellent entry from the great David Attenborough Feeling this today: “My Mom once told me that she walked into a room where a couple of friends were discussing her, they didn’t know she was there. She shook her head, smiled and walked away. My Mom also told me that […]