Three Tools for Dealing with Jealousy

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The Difficult Questions of Love

I think when it comes to love, we are too willing to accept the short version of the story…I would propose we ask some more difficult questions, questions like: How do you decide who deserves your love and who does not? How do you stay in love when things get difficult, and…

Stacking Potential

Following up a bit on the last post about potential, let’s go big-picture for a bit.

• The Universe is really big, with lots of stuff in it. Some of it is really big rocks.
• These rocks are tiny, as compared to the universe, but they’re traveling…

Developing Resilience with The Godzilla Factor

I was standing in front of a class of amateur-to-professional level performers and enthusiasts, talking about how we move from “idea” into “I’m doing this!” when we create scenes and events — a shortened version of my Defining Moment process.

Conquering Your Fear of Death with Lists

Umberto Eco was the guy who nailed it: We like lists because we don’t want to die. There’s a bevy of psychological reasons that go more in depth, but he really nailed it, I think, though I suspect that he left off a bit. I think it should read “…because we…

It’s Not a Second Life

“I like him,” my friend said as we sat in the airport. “When I visited him, we ate lunch, walked around the farm. He told me I was welcome to stay with him any time I was in town.” He paused, frowning. “But online…man, he is a totally different person. I can’t stand him.”

Thanks for Doing the Work

This is going to be an intensely personal post.

Three short memories:

1. Sitting on the couch with Natasha, both of us in tears, shaking with anger, hurt, wondering why we were in this place again. We…

Love in the Time of Tears

It’s a funny word, love. It’s supposed to be this nice and happy thing — the definition of happily-ever-after, in…