Identity Theft has been around since the dawn of time. Even before Erickson taught the world about Identity Crisis, we have all felt it in our bones. …

We are all well aware that we have the ability to choose. …

There are days I do feel that will be a dandy thing, one (very huge) less thing to deal with. In fact, when I was around nineteen, I decided to ditch all the G-D stuff. It’s not a small decision mind you, for I have always been religious. As a…

This is for those who (want to) believe that good things can come out of bad. I understand that redemptive seeking does not come naturally to most of us, we are more prone to complain and pine for any pain to go away quickly. And the Pandemic has given us…

I rammed into the classroom where my daughter has holed up to study. “Gosh, I feel mad. Augh, why must I feel so angry about it?” Moms aren’t legitimately meant to be in classrooms, but I wanted to hang close to my baby. …

The phrase ‘Hygiene Factors’ would probably trigger visuals of sanitizers and masks, when in fact psychologist Frederick Herzberg was thinking of motivational factors that contribute to work satisfaction. In our big wide world of humans-trying-to-make things-work, theories are constantly being churned out in every field with fascinating core ideas and…

“Effort” said the fourteen-year-old. It is the one-word response I get from my teen when I suggest some idea or adventure. …

Some days, I would like to be done with it, this parenting thing. Hang up my coat, close the dossier, mark it ‘done’ — and then I think of grandkids, and go all soft. In a rare moment, with only the two of us in the lift, my late mother…

Exhaustion can kill. Karoshi is the Japanese term for those who are found to have died from overwork, often collapsed on their office desks. There are other deaths too — when we give up and quit, become adversarial and attack, or change track as we hunker down and deaden to…