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The Golden Ticket
There is a huge reward for all the work, I just can’t explain it to you yet. I lied all those times, there is a Golden Ticket, you just can’t have it. The Golden Ticket is curiosity. The reward is...
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Selfish Lovers
*warning – Adult Content* I talk with clients about sex all the time. It’s a cool job. You cannot live in my world very long without someone telling you the juicy bits. People who wonder if I can keep...
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You Feel Me?
My friend Lori the art nerd, that’s her legal name, has to critique another student’s play. I would stink at that. As a psychology geek I would be all like, “but there’s too much criticism in the world...
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Some People Are Finished Products
I like to tell people who I come from a family of hillbillies. It’s not true but I to never let the truth get in the way of a good story. What is true is that I come from generations of humble...
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You Suck
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a...
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My Anger, Myself
Living with someone who is always angry can be one of the most difficult relationship entanglements one could endure. Few problems in this life have as immediate and devastating an impact as anger. If...
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The Wolf At The End Of My Lane
I had a wolf. Well, not really; I should back up. There was a huge grey wolf at the end of my drive. I would see him, I assume it’s a him, every few months. He would suddenly appear in the culvert, at...
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Welcome My Little Goldfish
Many were surprised when Microsoft, the people who brought you the digital world you live in, announced this week that they have conducted extensive studies and to virtually no one’s surprise who has...
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Here’s Your Mulligan
I stumbled into a porn recently. I am keenly aware, at this very second, of how that must sound so please allow me to explain. I was out for coffee with a friend and we decided to sit in the courtyard...
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Hammer, Meet Nail.
I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. Abraham Maslow Every week I get to hang out with Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police and...
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Check Up From The Neck Up
I’m going on vacation today. Right now that seems so far away, in the distant haze of a much later today; but by the time you read this I will be zen. My wife keeps booking me appointments at the...
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Someday’s Coming
Someday. I remember a moment captured in time. I was making breakfast at my restaurant, The Bad Dog Grill, and I realized I hated my life. It was 7:30 am and I wanted a beer. If I cut my hand one more...
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Change The World
“The true measurement of a person’s worth isn’t what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs,” he said. “If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t...
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Inner Monologue
I have voices inside my head. Not the kind where you take medications, the other one. The voice we all have, the whisper telling you to go pee right now. That constant inner conversation rattling...
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Empty Space
My wife and I had an argument about something that was important to her in the moment but then again, she’s a woman. Seriously, I’m kidding. Sometimes she tells me I don’t care enough about whatever...
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My Dog Has Generalized Anxiety Disorder. And He’s A Racist.
My dog has Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This is my day job and I have watched literally hundreds of human clients who have struggled with GAD so I feel qualified to diagnose my dog. Human persons with...
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Mindfulness Exercises: And Now For Your Virtual Vacation
My good friend Lori is a great writer and has started taking virtual vacations. This is a great mindfulness exercise for anyone who needs a break from the rain or the snow or the office. Ever wanted to...
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The Wall
“… they were not really afraid. They were just afraid of being afraid.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants People have asked me what it feels...
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How Do I Let Go?
I am asked this question all the time. How do I leave? How do I stand up for myself? How do I lower my expectations of this person? How do learn to be happy in the mess that is my life right now? How...
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The Triceratops
I was given a small piece of a backbone recently by a new friend. The backbone of a Triceratops. Wicked. You can see the marrow, or so I choose to think. It looks like a bone, a 68 million-year-old...
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