Is It Best for the Children?

Since the birth of this column several years ago I’ve mentioned this question a number of times. I came upon it many years ago in a piece written by the poet, Alice Walker. Its potency, elegance and simplicity resonated deeply with me. She suggested that every policymaker or decision maker in the world simply ask [...]

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Taming the Shakti

by Jennifer Buergermeister
As if we didn’t already know how amazing we are – juggling chores, parenting, meal-planning, and managing careers – did you know that ancient Hindu philosophy claims the female essence created the entire universe?  No wonder we often feel tired as if there just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done. [...]

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Where in the World is Matt’s Brain?

With over 20 million YouTube viewings and still counting, there’s a good chance many of you who receive this column every Sunday have already been exposed to Seattle resident, Matt Harding. He’s the young guy doing the goofy dance with different people all over the globe. Well, Matt has written an essay gleaned from his [...]

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Dancing to the Beat of Your Own Brain’s Music

Lots of things affect us as kids, things that we rarely realize the full impact of. I’ve mentioned one such thing in previous columns: The Unthought Known. Recently though, some interesting neuroscience research points out something that I’m sure impacted my sisters and me that we didn’t realize was so hugely beneficial at the time: [...]

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Channeling Hot Emotions

As a young kid with little guidance and supervision, I followed the lead of many of the older kids in our housing project and took a lot of my anger out directly and indirectly on weaker, vulnerable living creatures. I wanted to be like Jocko, Floyd and MacDuffy, so I got into a number of [...]

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