I always love it when my Beyond Blue readers direct me to a piece of news that pisses me off. There I was … smiling as I checked my e-mail, a strong cup of coffee in my hand, and then these headlines: The Chinese won’t allow anyone taking antidepressants to adopt their babies, a woman…

Thankfully, plenty of feel-good articles also get passed to me. Lilit Marcus send this article–about actress Claire Danes and her 22 years of therapy to overcome a neurosis that began when she was six. Here’s the Associated Press/ABC Action News article. I was glad to see such a beautiful face talking about therapy and mental…

Since I am such a huge Seinfeld fan–I swear the script writers studied my life before crafting each episode–I thought I’d include an excerpt from Jerry Seinfeld’s book, “SeinLanguage,” which I own, of course. I try to exercise his wisdom and make people “break their face” throughout the day. Because many times I feel that’s…

Dear God, In Luke’s gospel (Luke 10:1-10), Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector and a wealthy man, wants to see Jesus. But he’s short, and there’s a crowd around Jesus, like usual. So he climbs a sycamore tree to get a better view. The story goes on to say Jesus saw him in the tree, and…

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