Finding Happiness

Like many people, I was simultaneously horrified and energized by a recent essay in The New York Times entitled, “How Covid Stole Our Time and How We Can Get it Back.” Its basic point was as follows: Most of us have eaten up hundreds of thousands…

I must confess that my life would have been so much happier in my childhood and earlier adulthood, if I had discovered then what I know now. All of the universal life lessons that I learned from my positive and negative relationships…

When you are in a beautiful romantic relationship or you achieve a big goal in life, the experience can produce unimaginable levels of joy and security. They can also be frustratingly elusive to get and sustain.

They say there’s no cloud without a silver lining, and although this pandemic has been a very large and very dark cloud, there have been a few silver linings here and there. Namely, some people have discovered passions they didn’t know they had…

It has been said love and prosperity are less about romantic relationships or the state of your finances and more about a state of mind. This is true when it comes to scarcity. The perception of a lack of anything, be it love, romantic options, money…

Yes, I am about to reach the big 80. It’s not a surprise. I have seen it coming for some years. But I only started thinking about it recently. We all tend to make a bit of a meal of the decade birthdays, although less so at age 10 (all part of childhood) and age 20…

There are many ways you can love all of who you are. But if you have been taught that consistent self-love is narcissistic and too much self-care is selfish, loving who you are may not feel comfortable. In part-3 of the…

When it comes to finding true love after 60, there is plenty of advice on the subject, not to mention a variety of ways and places to connect with others. The kind of true love I am speaking of in this three-part series, however, is less about discovering…

February has long been considered the month of love. Whether or not you’re in a romantic relationship, this month is a good excuse to celebrate any type of love and adoration…

Long ago and far away – back when I was still an academic – I once took a long drive home from a conference with a colleague. It was a two- or three-hour drive, the kind where you start off talking about work and end up talking about your childhood…