

For Sheryl Sandberg: Rethinking the drive to optimize
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, lost her husband Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, just over a month ago when he died at age 47. He...


Make a "what's real now" list
I am reading a book entitled The Lake, which was written by a friend I’ve known since the sixth grade. The central character, Zach, had...


On Memorial Day: Training continues
On this Memorial Day, I am thinking of my husband’s great-uncle. I have thought of him often over the past eleven months since my...


Disagreeing, respectfully but emphatically, with Yoda
Exhibit A: The ubiquitous Yoda quote, “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” Exhibit B: The ubiquitous quest to do (X thing) for/in honor...


Cobbling together a transformative quest, peace by peace
Recently I went on a business trip and picked up a copy of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild in an airport bookstore. Several people have told me...


The underside of the iceberg
I don’t know if my blog would be characterized as “oversharing.” Maybe and maybe not, although I share a lot of stuff. However, there is...


Focusing on the positive: Does it help?
A bitter drink: Introduce sugar, and the whole drink becomes sweet. A cold bath: Introduce hot water, and the whole bath becomes warm. A...


After losing a sibling, searching for the sinkhole
A few days ago, a friend passed along a link to an article on the Huffington Post called “When a Brother Dies,” by Judith Newton. Ms....


Keep in mind. (For the family of Lisa Adams)
Lisa Bonchek Adams lived her experience of illness On the web and in the blogosphere On Twitter In essays In poems Out loud On her own...


Thank you, Lisa Bonchek Adams
Readers of the cancer blog I kept before I needed to add grief to the mix -- No defeat baby, no surrender -- may recall my response to...
