How To Feel

Be Patient With Yourself

When we have trouble forgetting a sad memory or even have trouble remembering an important one, we must be patient with ourselves. One thing that helps us to be patient is to reflect on a certain neurological function that I went through again this week– long-term potentiation. I had decided to change up my breakfast […]

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Name Your Enemy

Many great warriors, generals, etc. over the millenia of human history have subscribed to the commandment, “Know your enemy.” Most scholars consider Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to be the earliest form of this doctrine. But I have found that another step must follow simply knowing your enemy– particularly if the enemy is inside […]

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“Nothing is over” (part 2)

If our neural pathways change and grow physically as we learn things and have experiences, how can it be that we ever forget anything? Very simply, the things that caused us to learn can happen in reverse order and cause us to forget or at least get “rusty” on a few things. We’ve all heard […]

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“Nothing is over!”

Millions of people my age have heard Johnny Rambo bellowing those words at his commanding officer who tried to tell him the Viet Nam war was over. “Nothing is over! You just don’t turn it off!” We all knew Johnny was talking about memories– his friend getting his legs blown off while getting his shoes […]

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Don’t Stop Fighting

People ask me why I fight. Yes, it’s animalistic. Nobody cares if you had a good day in the ring. Whadja do this weekend? “Well, I went to a karate tournament. Won couple of fights. Took first in my bracket.” (silence) That’s real nice, Fred. ( . . . if you’re twelve.) Yeah, yeah. Whatever. […]

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Time Whispering: 2

I spent a half-hour this morning traveling ten years into the future. Yes, it blew my mind. Am I rich in the future? I don’t know. I might be. The future self said wealth is unimportant. Was I healthier? Thinner? Fitter? Didn’t matter. Was I drinking less? More? Was I having more sex? Less sex? […]

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What is Time Whispering?

Suppose you found yourself, by some stroke of fate, having been transported back in time to mid-March of 1986. Suppose also that you heard a news report about some little company called Microsoft making its initial public offering of stock. Would you buy any? Look, you’d probably max out the cash advances on your credit […]

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Your Mind and Weight Loss

Before I move into the Time Whispering in the next blog, I want to wrap up a few loose ends on this tangled web that I started to weave regarding weight loss and metabolism that I opened up last month. Click here to download a free audio recording of this post. I have nothing specific […]

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Don’t be a Pussy

In addition to dealing with low energy this winter and the weight gain that accompanies it, I’ve been trying to keep the ice clear in the arctic passage between us and Tessa’s son. He’s thirteen and has become withdrawn. Hey, it happens. Your body has become a live grenade. Your number of friends of the […]

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B Vitamins and Energy Level

This is a continuation of the last update about energy and metabolism. Of course, energy level is vital to feeling well. Feeling exhausted is, by itself, depressing, even though your mood is otherwise cheerful. The depression comes, not from sadness or loss, but from looking around at all the work that needs to be done. […]

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