When doctors say, “It’s all in your head,” what they mean is THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT is wrong with you. Their medical training includes a full semester of intensive study in CYA - “Cover Your Ass” to ensure they aren’t sued because they mistreated or misdiagnosed you. Rather than say, “I don’t know what it is, let’s explore,” they refer you to a psychiatrist because (1) they don’t really consider psychiatry “medicine” so they dump you on someone with a profession they learned not to respect while in med school, …

There are few things or people I loathe more than a gossip.
But I finally found someone I loathe even more than a common garden variety gossip - the sneaky eavesdropper gossip.
While talking to a friend today about some very personal things I noticed one of the staff members at the business we were in, sidling around where we were standing.
She was listening to our conversation while she was pretending to look at a picture on the wall.
We moved, and she moved.
As I was leaving I noticed her hiding behind a …

Emerson promoted self-reliance, but few people know that the US Government loathes self-reliance. You don’t have to believe me. But do listen to Charlotte Iserbyt about the “dumbing down of America.”
“Charlotte Iserbyt is the consummate whistleblower! Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America’s classrooms. Iserbyt is a former school board director in Camden, Maine and was …

This is what? Day three or four of the Emerson Self-Reliance project. I committed to do something creative for 30 days - blog, write - SOMETHING! And I’m doing it. I’ve been working out and eating better/right since January 2011. I got serious about it sometime in February or March and it’s now June. I committed with my wallet - paying a trainer, working overtime and doing whatever I need to do to get into the gym to work out and eat right. I planted a garden. I started walking …

Today is the first day of the 30-day Self-Reliance project started by Seth Godin’s “The Domino Project.” It’s a plan to celebrate Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 208 birthday and his essay on Self Reliance.
The goal is to blog, write or create something new every day for 30 days. I committed to do it. You don’t *win* anything and I think that’s what I like about it. You just do it. You do it for yourself. Life is supposed to be all about just doing it for yourself, doing what you love, …