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Sensitivity and Empathy Protective Gear
You’re compassionate. You’re empathetic. You’re overwhelmed. How do you protect your sensitive-self while living a meaningful life? How do you deal with melting ice caps, fracking, suicide bombers and laundry? How do rainforest-minded souls manage in a chainsaw world? I’m not sure. But here are some ideas. Saying “no” more often is good. Connecting with nature,…
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Still Sleepless, Cranky and Annoying After all These Years
Remember when I suggested that you might be sleepless, cranky and annoying because of your ample empathy and your serious sense of social responsibility? Well, let’s face it. There’s so much to be sleepless, cranky and annoying about. Where do you start? What do you do? When the environmental, social and political issues are SO ENORMOUS.…
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It Makes You Sleepless, Cranky and Annoying
When you were young, were you the one helping the injured child on the playground? Did you start a campaign to ban the use of plastic water bottles in your neighborhood? Did you make valiant attempts to save ants from obliteration? Were you unable to sit through a discussion of the Holocaust without crying? And now, do you avoid…