Jim’s note:  I appreciate the wisdom in following savoring with ACTION!  One of the most powerful distinguishing characteristics that set NVC apart from “self-help” is the REQUEST.  Requests stimulate actions that increase the likelihood…

For a long time, we knew that there was a happiness plateau, a point where more money basically stopped buying greater satisfaction. Maybe we were wrong. Fittingly or ironically, the dismal science has a lot to say about happiness.  The&…

Her parents were running out of hope. Their teenage daughter, Mary, had been diagnosed with a severe case of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as ADHD. They had dragged her to clinics around the country in an effort to thwart the scary…

This week was terribly mundane.It was one of those weeks filled with laundry and schedules and coffee pots and ticking clocks. I was never a schedule loving person, for my drive for freedom and adventure overthrew sameness like waves, swallowing any id…