The relentless pursuit of Joy

Did you know that November 17 is officially “coping with uncertainty day”? There are many who feel it should be expanded to include a whole year. Uncertainty is so prevalent these days, maybe we really ought to recognize a “Coping with Uncertainty Century”. According to Paul Johnson in his book Modern Times, the modern world […]

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that concerns itself with the principle of beauty and artistic taste. The quintessential Japanese aesthetic is known as wabi-sabi: “Beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.” When the Japanese break something like a vase, they repair the crack by filling it in with gold. They believe something is more […]

I often lead grief workshops for families of people struggling with Alzheimer’s. We often talk about “ambiguous” grief. It is the most difficult of all forms of grief because there is not definitive end like in a physical death. In ambiguous grief the losses are relentless and tend to accumulate upon each other. For instance, […]