I just finished reading the book “The Shortest History of War” by Gwynne Dyer. He is one of my favourite writers. When I learned that he started off his short history in 5,000 B.C., he had me hooked. It was also a little over 300 screens on my iPad vs. my usual 900 average. The…

I thought it interesting that initially, this blog’s title ended with ‘Grieving’ vs. ‘a Loss.’ I changed it because many folks don’t realize they are grieving a loss, as that sentiment is often reserved for feelings toward a person who has passed. In the last couple of years, many people have suffered losses. When you…

I came across an interesting tool, recently developed, that predicts the risk of a particular job classification being done by robots. This only considers factors in the job duties. If your employer is determined to bring in robots, this tool has no connection to that scenario. I’ll pull the bandaid off quickly. Physicists as the…

I like dilemmas, or at least talking about them. I tend to leave the ‘ethical’ adjective aside as that sidetracks the fun and tends to heat up the conversation. Here’s a dilemma one reader presented to me recently. Three couples share a ride in a car owned by couple A. They got a flat tire…

I listened to an interview with Graham Norton, a noted TV chat host I occasionally watch on the BBC. Funny guy. He was talking about a traumatic life event when he was about 20 years old. He was stabbed and almost died. The Grim Reaper missed him by a whisker. Without consciously thinking about how…

I was laughing with my wife about a standing joke we share. Often when we go for a drive, we end up having an ‘adventure.’ It usually involves getting lost because of construction, spontaneously wanting to try a shortcut or a longcut, or out of spite, we ignore the charm of the British navigating voice….

 I read about how we remember traumatic events and how each brain takes a different approach. This has profound implications for how we help folks who have been traumatized. This includes people who have come to our shores to flee torture and who have witnessed horrors I would find hard to think possible. We have…

I heard about this story and was dumbfounded. It seems to be true. Even if it isn’t, it is a fun story. One day Lucille Ball, yes, the actress and famous for the ‘I Love Lucy’ show, for those younger-older folks. Lucy was driving home from the dentist after having a temporary filling installed, pending…

I was giving some thought to how we label things, particularly familiar things. ‘Follow the money’ is often a good beginning. I was always under the assumption that rapeseed was changed to canola for marketing purposes. The Town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan changed its motto from ‘The Land of rape and honey’ to ‘Opportunity Grows Here.’…

I now have the words to describe how I cope in the current times. Some days I was looking at my life through a foggy windshield. I found I was, at times, languishing. It was a sense of stagnation. Languishing was causing me to lose focus, and my motivation was reduced. I wanted to stop…