I love this short conversation with Deepak Chopra on how to make the world a better place. His helpful formula can be boiled down to three words: “Transform, Serve, Connect.” Today, let’s just look at the first part: transformation. A lot of people struggle with their own transformation. They may buy something for someone else…

Drop your subscription to Allure and start subscribing to bitch, a magazine that has billed itself as a “feminist response to pop culture” for more than a decade. This publication’s brazen quality may seem off-putting at first if you’re older than 40, and the ads for feminist sex toy shops (catering to all genders and…

When Chattering son number one came down to the planet, I purchased a $30, 12-inch-square blanket deliberately manufactured to be a beloved “bankie” like Linus had in the cartoon strip “Peanuts.” The famous object relations theorist D.W. Winnicottcalled these transitional items “not me” objects. He said they provide many children with early experiences in sensing…

We have a ritual at our house. I should have mentioned it yesterday. Come what may, school be damned, we get our kids (now 10 and 12) to sit through the State of the Union address, significant political debates, and other TV presentations (involving no real blood) that will teach them about America’s political process.…

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