Monthly Archives: January 2016

Archive of posts published in the specified Month

Empathy and Introversion

I empathize easily. This seems a coveted trait these days.  Ted Talks and Psychology Today articles abound on how to increase your empathetic skills.  Which would imply that empathy is a rare and precious thing, but I suspect many people empathize.  How else…

Addiction

Last night was a low for me. The pancreatic pain had me reaching for a codeine. I can see that this is how addictions begin. The pain wasn’t so bad that I was crying, but it was gnawing at me; something I could…

Missed communications

At the time that I had started writing this post*, I had been contemplating factors that impact the communication between two people.  Our therapist oft asks about the our communication. I’m going to go out on a thick, sturdy branch here and postulate that examining the quality…

The More You Know

The More You Know

NBC’s public service announcements have been running since 1989.  The logo has improved from this one, but the objective is basically the same:  teach and learn.  With more information, you may be able to make better decisions.  I say ‘may’ and not ‘will’, because…