The recent, tragic events in Syria have certainly put my day to day problems and hassles into perspective. I Read More

Over the past few months, I’ve been travelling a fair bit, spending lots of time on airplanes, trains, and Read More

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been learning a lot about how to cope with episodic physical pain. Read More

OK, back to the interesting emotion of envy. So, how can we cope effectively with envy? The first step Read More

As a parent, I am quite familiar with challenges related to spills, broken or damaged items, and so on. Read More

Having two pre-teen children has made me think a lot these days about the idea of controlling versus letting Read More

Recently in B.C., our public health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said we will all probably get exposed to COVID-19 Read More

My son was asking me the other day why our relatively meagre donation to the Terry Fox Foundation should Read More

I recently came across an interesting article (https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/why-being-bored-should-be-your-new-year-s-resolution-1.4226293) arguing that boredom is good, and that having the space to Read More

I don’t know much about birds, but I do know that I love watching and listening to them. In Read More