Tell tale signs of an imminent beating play out. “Bammm!” Upstairs, back bathroom window slams shut. Only 2'x15" in size and located at chest height, its resonance unmistakable. It’s better to beat your kids in the back of the house. Then, those hapless dog walkers innocently strolling down our wide…

At any point in time, you can always “Push pause.” Stressed out? Push pause. Exhausted? Push pause. Confused? Unclear? Push pause. Needing more boundaries and clarity? Push pause. Has an interaction gone farther than you intended? A friendship no longer feeling reciprocal? A desire or need not being met? …

I Like it Cheesy… Straight up with orange and white sprinkles littered like stars across my vegetarian pizza, I like it cheesy. Like your grin spread from ear to ear as you strike the same, reliable pose — your best! — for the ineffable camera, I like it cheesy. Like sugar pop pouring out…

“What about your hair?” she quips in a New Jersey accent that favors an ‘aw’ sound for a long a, as she hesitantly maneuvers her neon blue, sports car north, up the I-95 between New Jersey and Massachusetts. Traffic whizzes past, and a gray sky overhead mirrors the tall buildings…

Have lots of SEX. Love Sex. I Love Sex. AND… Allow yourself to deeply FALL IN LOVE. For the moment. For the night. For a week. For a year. For 5 years. For 11 years. In this moment Right now. (Don’t glom onto someone Just because you had sex. Check…

Almost immediately following my life partner’s demise from a harrowing journey with cancer — during which we were also able to revel in five months of remission by checking items off of our family “bucket list” before the cancer returned in his liver — I felt hungry for a vibrant…

To feel and to begin with feelings, this is the heart of Empathy. “How are you?” you ask. We have just met up on the busy street corner of a city bustling with people moving in, around and about their lives. They’re shopping for food for this evening’s meal; leaving work; and hurrying to catch buses and taxis. “I’m okay,” I sigh, my…

I am raising my young son to understand that life here on planet Earth includes pain and uncertainty. Recently, he took a tumble in which the back of his head smacked against a naked concrete floor in a North American garage. “Ouch!” …