LOVE AND THE WORLD: How compassion and trust can impact international politics
Publisher's noteWho better than a cardiologist to unpack the many dimensions of love, the emotion that has long been depicted as emanating from the hear...
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THAT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL: The painful journey from the ideal to realizing the reality
The American ideal, an experiment in people living together with the right to life, liberty and pursuit of wholeness, has become a fractured, fragmented, divisi...
AFTER 9 MONTHS OF DONALD TRUMP: An op-ed
Many readers will remember the sickening feeling that began to sink in while the results of the 2016 American presidential election were coming in, nearly a yea...
THE TRUTH DILEMMA: Tell people a lie often enough…
Not telling the truth and the creation of false narratives is the current state of affairs in 2017's political world.We hear a narrative about how the Democ...
THE NAKED EMPEROR: The painful-to-watch political journey of Donald Trump
Today, we're viewing before our very eyes an attempt to normalize the impulsive, ignorant, delusional, narcissistic and hostile behaviour of the President of th...
OF SIN AND TAXES: Sin taxes should also be levied on churches, junk food and guns
That the U.S. faces a budget crisis almost goes without saying these days. The national debt has swelled to unbelievable proportions, almost twenty trillion by ...
U.S. ELECTION: Bringing awareness into our political winter of disconnect
Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand." The more alienated we feel from our political leadership the more disconnected we feel...
SERVANT LEADERSHIP: Mindfulness and awareness in the workplace creates resonance and fulfillment
Two of the most courageous elements missing from most business environments is the combination of vulnerability and mindfulness—at all levels, practised with intention, consistently, and wholeheartedly.
SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION: Burnout prevention for social workers starts with strong leadership
I've been a social worker for the last 20 years or so. In all the various hats that I've worn as a social worker, the recurring theme that seems to play out...