by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 5, 2018 |
Remember to Say Thank You! In this deceptively simple 3-minute talk, Dr. Laura Trice muses on the power of the magic words “thank you” — to deepen a friendship, to repair a bond, to make sure another person knows what they mean to you. Try...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 5, 2018 |
Beyond Closure Nancy Berns is a sociologist at Drake University. She looks at the space between grief and closure and has found that not only is closure a fabricated concept, it is doing us more harm than...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 5, 2018 |
How to Prepare for a Good Death Death is an uncomfortable topic. Although we’re well-acquainted with platitudes that remind us to seize the moment and live each day like it’s our last, few of us devote real time to envisioning the end of our lives — or the lives of...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 4, 2018 |
Confessions of a Depressed Comic Kevin Breel didn’t look like a depressed kid: team captain, at every party, funny and confident. But he tells the story of the night he realized that — to save his own life — he needed to say four simple...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 4, 2018 |
Expanding Your Circle of Compassion It’s hard to always show compassion — even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop compassion for our enemies. He prescribes a seven-step meditation exercise to extend compassion beyond our inner...
