Among Donald Trump’s arsenal of primitive psychological defenses, two seems to stand tall above the others:  projection and denial.  Lost an election?  Just claim that you actually won and that the Democrats stole it from you.  Although he’s not running in 2026 (or hopefully, for that matter, ever again), he’s been projecting his fears that...Read More

I’ve been corresponding over the years with a young man Djarudi Habimana from Rwanda. He got in touch with me through LinkedIn, and at that time needed funds to sell chickens and vegetables to help his widowed mother. Since that time, he’s really blossomed, creating a charity organization called Benevolence is Love, which supports children...Read More

When I was a special education teacher back in the 1970’s and 1980’s, I used to compose songs for my students and sing them accompanied by guitar.  One child’s parents were going through a divorce, so I wrote a song called ”Mommy and Daddy Are Separating,” I noticed how much my 3rd to 5th grade...Read More

A mother from Georgia contacted me recently about her daughter, BreAnna Nicole White (”Breezy”), who just graduated with an Associate in Science (A.S.) degree this month from Georgia Highlands College in Rome, Georgia, part of the University System of Georgia.  She had a 4.0 GPA (straight A’s), earned President’s List honors, and  received the Excellence...Read More

I just had a 20 minute conversation with transformationalist Susan Gold, former film and TV producer, script coordinator, and now healer of souls, on her podcast Gold Conversations.  In it, I talk about my experience as someone with a mood disorder (unipolar depression), and how, after five episodes of depression over my life (my first...Read More