You’re the star in this Mother’s Day video (courtesy of the tireless team at MomsRising). If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to watch it with your name, first. Start here and you’ll see what I mean. Personally, I liked last year’s video better. Pick your favorite, and send it to all your friends […]
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I just spent the last week in Long Beach, CA, at the TED conference. This was my third year there, and once again, my mind was blown to smithereens. The TED conference, in case you’ve never heard of it, is this incredible gathering of leaders in technology, entertainment, and design—accomplished do-gooders trying to improve the […]
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There’s a provocative essay in last week’s Wall Street Journal called “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” The author, Amy Chua, describes her strict parenting style: no play dates, no school plays, no grades lower than an A, calling her daughter “garbage” when she is very disrespectful or “fatty” to shame her into losing weight. This, […]
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A couple weeks ago I attended The Sun magazine writing workshop at the Esalen Institute. It was heaven if your idea of heaven is writing and talking about writing all day at the foggy edge of a sea cliff, with some natural hot tubs and a yurt thrown in for good measure. On the last […]
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Has your sex life taken a hit since your first child was born? Sex is one of the many casualties of an over-busy life. After an informal poll of my friends, I’ve come to believe that being busy has a different impact on the libido of men and women. I believe it looks something like […]
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I just got back from my sister’s wedding: a small, lovely ceremony on the beach in La Push, Washington, home of the Twilight vampires. Luckily, (as you can see from this picture), the vampire threat levels were low. If something had gone wrong, half the wedding guests, who were trained firefighter-medics, would have known what […]
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A friend of mine is putting together this program for Friday 9/17 at 12 pm. It looks intriguing. Are there really ways to make money without killing your soul? Or as my Uncle Peter would say, can you do well by doing good? If you’re in the Bay Area and interested in exploring how capitalism […]
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“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” –Mark Twain Most of the stuff on this blog explores the problem of work-life conflict. But I got a lot of compliments about an advice-oriented post I wrote in June, which had some tips for managing extreme stress. Thus encouraged, I’ve put together a sequel. Here are […]
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Several of my friends have been talking about a story that appeared earlier this month in New York Magazine called “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting.” Do parents hate parenting? According to the story, studies show that Parents are as happy or less happy than their non-parent counterparts everywhere except Denmark. Mothers […]
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