by admin | Sep 17, 2015 | Blogs
The Internal Predator: The true monster at the gate. But you don’t have one of those, right? No evil haunts your dreams, chasing you through the night. You gave that up long ago, you say? No hairy beasts nor malevolent men prey upon your nightmares like a serial...
by admin | Sep 16, 2015 | Blogs
“Once, long ago, in a far-off country in a tiny village . . . “ So many myths and stories begin that way, and many folks hear that to think, oh, this is just a fairytale. And yes, yes it is a fairytale. But the essence of true myths and fairytales slices down into...
by admin | Sep 15, 2015 | Blogs
Because that’s really what I went there to do! Long ago, I lived far far out in the boonies, all alone out on the farm, writing and learning my craft and loving every second of it all. But people in the country need entertainment too, you know? And there was this...
by admin | Sep 14, 2015 | Blogs
We talk a lot about fears and facing them, of pursuing goals and dreams and the fortitude necessary to achieve them. About quests, and the myriad tasks to master, and demons to deal with along the roads to our destinies. But one thing rests below the surface of all...
by admin | Sep 11, 2015 | Blogs
That old Protestant Work Ethic (PWE). Many of us were brought up under it, had it instilled in us, woven into the very fabric of our beings. We found this at home, at work, even in our places of worship. “Idle hands are the Devil’s Workshop,” was seared into our...
by admin | Sep 9, 2015 | Blogs
Well, come to find out we do! Even though this may seem like a nebulous science, psychologists of course study these things. Quantitatively. And have been studying happiness for long enough to give us rock-solid insights. I just love when science proves theories. ...
