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How To Be Nice To The Ones You Love Most

7/13/14 –   Why is it we so often find ourselves treating the ones we most love the most shabbily? I don’t think, contrary…Read More

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How To Choose A Mate

8/4/13 – When searching for a mate, most of us carry around a list of criteria or qualities that we tell ourselves we’re looking for. A brief perusal of any Internet dating…Read More

Unconditional Positive Regard

10/7/12 – As the U.S. Presidential race begins to heat up in earnest, the thing that’s been mostly on my mind isn’t the economy, foreign policy, or the deficit, but rather something…Read More

Funerals

7/24/11 – A relative of mine recently died, so my parents, my brothers, and I went to his funeral.  The rabbi was appropriately somber and talked about him fondly, as if she’d…Read More

When A Beloved Pet Dies

9/5/10 – Several years ago, my wife and I had to put down one of our cats.  Minnie was really my wife’s cat, having journeyed with her from Vancouver to Chicago almost…Read More