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Ever since elementary school, my deepest wish was to belong. I’d sit alone at a school lunch table, looking over at the other tables...

When was the last time that you felt completely, deeply, rested? What do things like meditation, drum circles, and dance have in common?...

Happy JUNE! With Irene and family off adventuring in Asia, I am searching through her past Shasta Scout Columns to pull out some new...

I envisioned a podcast that was more than just interviews or monologues–something that would be a playground of ideas.

Today's blog is all about unplugging. It’s like the writer Anne Lamott once said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for...

Usually, my articles talk about a leadership challenge and offer several strategies to navigate that issue. Well, in this edition of the...

Needing a little good news in your life these days? Well, a new brain atlas was recently released that has sent my neuroscientist heart...

It’s summer and many of us are being called towards adventure. I certainly am! Before we deep dive into questions like: “How is a...

Imagine your car has a custom 25 gallon maximum capacity gas tank but someone sabotaged it to stop filling at 12 gallons. No matter what...

I remember when I received my first acceptance letter to graduate school. It felt like I had won the lottery. And the day I was offered a...

There is so much associated with the holiday season in Western culture. Traditions. Expectations. Emotions. So. Many. Emotions. Here’s...

Some people seem to live impossibly dreamy lives and achieve things that appear completely unreachable for us normal human beings. I’m...