Just Let Go
My little girl, now fifteen months old, is learning how to climb down from different places – the bed, the couch, her chair, etc. She’s mastered the technique of sliding over the edge on her belly, but then things get hung up for a bit as she struggles with whether the floor is actually where […]
Obsessive-Compulsive Parenting
Hello again, everyone. I know I’ve talked many times about the excuses for not posting more, but my last hiatus has been genuine. I mentioned in an earlier post that my wife and were expecting our first child, a boy, in September. Well, he has arrived! Three weeks early, on September 4. The last couple […]
To Work or Not to Work
Hello and Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that the holidays were a time to relax, rejuvenate, and connect with those close to you. It’s now been just over two months since my last post. You’d think that two months would be plenty of time to think of a few blog posts, but the […]
When Your Brain Is Too Smart for Its Own Good
These brains of ours. They do so much – think, feel, perform day-to-day operations, keep us alive, etc. But it turns out that sometimes they’re a little too good at streamlining performance. A while back, the New York Times published an article detailing our brain’s response to stressful situations. There were two main points of the article, […]
