Do you FEEL before you THINK?Or do your THOUGHTS generate your FEELINGS? Psychology is split on this. Old world believed it was THOUGHT first, i.e. behavioral/cognitive therapy. New world has finally come around to what seems to me so blatantly obvious: The Human Psyche:FEELINGS lead to THOUGHTS, and THOUGHTS lead to ACTIONS. Human beings are FEELING creatures FIRST … Continue reading Emotional Intelligence
“I saw someone die today, Mom,” my daughter told me on the phone, her voice four octaves higher than normal, like she’d been sucking on helium. “Where are you?” I heard street noise in the background. “I’m on the 101. I’m driving home from the hospital.” Again, her voice was...off—too high, too cheery. “I saw … Continue reading On Raising a Doctor
I called my medical insurer to dispute some doctor bills I’d received that they denied. The recorded voice of a lovely woman led me through the maze of prompts telling me what to press on my phone to 'better serve me.' After getting through the first number sequence that vaguely applied to my needs, my … Continue reading Don’t Press Send
My period is six days late. I check throughout the day, hoping, but my old friend isn’t coming. There was a time when I would have been ecstatic it was late, gotten a pregnancy test and peed on the stick anticipating the plus sign. And there were times I would have been horrified I may … Continue reading Missing My Period
Will shooting them all stop these corps stealing from the 99%? I’m writing a dystopian novel called The Power Trip about 4 Stanford undergrads that build a MMORPS game where PLAYERS manipulate other players — MARKS — to do what they ‘suggest.’ In one scene, the fictional CEO of fictional HealthNet is shot to death on a … Continue reading Murdering CEOs is Trending
