Life is a series of crises with shimmering seconds of joy in between. Celebrate the in between. A fan of Nick Kristof’s NYT writings shared the following learning from the past year: From the “Ten Percent Happier” podcast: Stop and recognize happy moments when you’re in the middle of them.…

As my grandkids open package after package on Christmas day, “Give me more,” is becoming an entitlement.

The secret to success is finding out what others need, and giving it to them. The secret to happiness is accepting that you’ll usually fail, and being ok with it.

Name calling is synonymous with sport. He said it. We all heard it. What happened after the slur was a lesson I never forgot.

Seasonal Affective Disorder is a real thing. Add a time change, political drama and economic uncertainty and it’s a recipe for depression. If you received unusual messages from friends, worried about the state of their mental health this week, you’re seeing SAD at work. We’re also about to swing into…

Some leaders teach by example. For others, the inverse of their conduct reveals the true path. All have something to teach us.

I’ll be quietly checking in as Election Day approaches to encourage you to engage at the one venue where the rubber meets the road. The ballot box.

Each of us have spirits who pin a tiny bit of themselves into the people we decide to become. Some are family by chance. Others are family by choice.

If you could do one thing this week to contribute to a positive tomorrow, to minimize one person’s suffering, to share a random act of kindness… What would it be?

Extraordinary times reveal character. Hurricane Ian’s aftermath reminds us that kindness still beats in many human hearts. Every day, we turn on the news and see narratives of hate, violence, and division. In a world that sometimes seems to reward selfish people who only care about personal power and comfort,…