I recently discovered an amazing new technique for overcoming writers’ block and other temporary lapses in creativity:  screaming and crying.
I was sitting at home trying to write an article, but staring at a blank computer screen instead.  As I stared down the screen, my frustration at my lack of productivity mounted.  After about half an [...]

Have you ever wanted to be composed and confident in a certain situation, but felt like your body just wouldn’t cooperate?  I had experiences like this for a long time.  I wanted to feel comfortable interacting with people in any setting.  However, I’d sometimes become aware that parts of my body were shaking, fidgeting or [...]

I have a friend who wants to run for a local elected office.  She feels that she’s got the character and ideas to make a positive difference for her city.  However, she told me, going into politics just doesn’t feel right for her.  “All that conflict and debating isn’t for me,” she said.  “It just [...]

We all have behaviors we use to “take the edge off”—to temporarily rid ourselves of anxiety, depression or nagging discontent in our lives.  Alcohol and drugs are the most obvious examples, but there are many other, subtler behaviors we use to distract ourselves from our difficult feelings.
For me, until I started consciously catching myself in [...]