The Lisa Principle: Everything I Ever Wanted*

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Tweet Most of the definitive 80s movies I saw, I didn’t see until they hit cable or video. So, I was always at least a year behind the curve. I do remember seeing the ads on TV for Weird Science, though, and I remember wanting oh so badly to see it. Just the basic premise… Continue reading The Lisa Principle: Everything I Ever Wanted*

The Cooper Constant: Childhood Love

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Tweet Every now and then a show comes along at just the right time and matches almost perfectly what you’re going through. The Wonder Years was one of those shows for me. Sure, I was a little older than Kevin Arnold when the show started in 1988, but the memories of starting middles school were… Continue reading The Cooper Constant: Childhood Love

Art Imitates Life, Life Returns the Favor

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Tweet Like many of my generation, I grew up on a whole lot of TV and movies. Specifically, on TV, I grew up on reruns of sitcoms from the 50s, 60s and 70s and was front and center for the “golden age” of the sitcom in the 80s and early 90s. I was indoctrinated into… Continue reading Art Imitates Life, Life Returns the Favor

Now and Later: The Truth Behind the Myth of The One

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Tweet The main problems with the idea of The One True Love of your life come from a watering down, glazing over and outright manipulation of the myths that once upon a time laid out a pretty sensible picture of love, life, relationships and romance (when there was any to be had). The Big Secret… Continue reading Now and Later: The Truth Behind the Myth of The One

Once Upon A Time: The Root of the Myth of The One

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Tweet Once upon a time, before humans could crisscross the globe in a matter of hours and chat with one another instantaneously from anywhere on the planet, geography was a severe limitation. Where you were born was more or less where you’d grow up, reproduce, and die. Until the high days of seafaring exploration, someone… Continue reading Once Upon A Time: The Root of the Myth of The One

The Myth of The One (and the truth behind it)

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Tweet We’re often told in fairy tales and pop culture that there is some One Great True Love out there for us to find. Some people spend their entire lives waiting for it to show up on their doorstep. Others burn through relationships like flash paper seeking that divine choir that will indicate their quest… Continue reading The Myth of The One (and the truth behind it)

Mindfulness and Responsibility: Two Keys to Personal Growth

Tweet Once you have a starting point, two practices will have to be cultivated in order to take active control of your personal growth. These attitudes have their roots in classical spiritual practices like Buddhism, but have long been used in more secular arenas for good reason: they work. One, Mindfulness, keeps you tuned in… Continue reading Mindfulness and Responsibility: Two Keys to Personal Growth