“Don’t worry about giving your kids a good future. Give them a good past.”
Give Your Kids A Good Past
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How My Right Cheek Forced Me to Stretch… or Else!
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I’ve had a real pain in my ass that I couldn’t shake.
Literally.
For months I’ve been battling this annoying pain in my right glute.
Pulling Away from Online Chats for Face-to-Face Conversations
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Is peer pressure good or bad? Is it intentional, or mostly unspoken?
Those were some of the opening questions at my first Practical Philosophers meetup.
I Kept Running Into This Guy in the Elevator
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He defaults to charm and enthusiasm instead.
And I mistook that for genuine interest.
“No” is a perfectly good response.
My Morning Mantra
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I am. Just. Me.
Taking Care of Your Health Isn’t Self-Care. It’s Survival
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Most of us treat our bodies like they’ll just bounce back forever. But there’s a point where skipping the walk, the checkup, the stretch session... it adds up.
This episode is me figuring that out in real time.
I’m a bad boy.
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Last weekend I was at my parents’ house to bathe my pops. We got into a heated discussion.
He said something that triggered me, and I lost my composure. For the record, he’s an 80+ year-old man and always says things that are triggering.
I Must’ve Been the Most Annoying Kid.
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I must’ve been the most annoying kid.
My poor parents had no idea what to do with me and all my wild ideas.
Breaking the Habit I Thought Was Just “Part of the Job”
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I wasn’t trying to be one of those people who quits social media and finds inner peace.
I just needed a breather.
Fifty and Fabulous: Celebrating Life’s Relationships and Revelations
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I just recently turned 50. Half a century in, and I’m realizing how much fake tension lives in families just because no one actually sits down and talks.
The Censor
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The Censor
(from reading the Artist Way)
For years I locked away the colors that made me—me.
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For years I locked away the colors that made me—me.