wounded by words

“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” NOT TRUE! Researchers have shown that the same area of the brain lights up—the interior cingulate gyrus—when you experience hurtful words as it does when you experience physical pain. Words are real—they enter your brain as electro-magnetic forces; they become thoughts. Every… Read More

That’s not part of my job description!

They don’t pay me to clean the office! Roman law made it legal for a Roman citizen or soldier to force anyone who lived in one of their conquered lands to carry his load—backpack, duffle bag, heavy weapons, whatever—for him for one mile, but only one mile. Have you ever been asked to do–or assigned–a task… Read More

Achoo! Sniffle. Arrgh! 5 tricks to living well with allergies.

Are allergies running your life. Man of us can’t wait for spring so they can shed their heavy outerwear and go outside to do something besides shovel snow. The sun warms the soil, the grass turns green, and trees bud and flower. People rush outdoors, but some of us unhappily huddle inside with our air conditioners running.… Read More

Love the Underdog as You Love Yourself

Who wears the “Less Than” label in your world? The preamble to our constitution begins, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for… Read More