Posts about EQ, social intelligence, and people and stories.
Imagine a man with arms like an albatross swinging a pair of scissors at you, then cornering you in a room with his wheelchair. That happened to me once when I was working with "Edward", a brain injured man. And…
My great aunt grew up on a diet of fatty meat, dumplings and potatoes. Vegetables were usually cucumbers doused in bacon grease. She smoked for 80 years and loved her scotch. When she was in her mid-90's, she collapsed at…
There is nothing like a brush with mortality to strike a chord of urgency in a person. What do I mean by urgency? I mean the indisputable truth that no one lives forever so time should not be wasted. …
Emotions are a tricky subject for me. For much of my life, I have believed what many people have thought about the nature of emotion: that emotions require too much time, they lead to loss of control, and only a…
Meddle 01 was... indescribable. Hatched in the mind of a very generous man, Ted Pearlman, the event was unlike anything I have ever experienced. Officially known as This is Meddle, its objective is to gather creative, influential people to…
Imagine contracting encephalitis (brain swelling) from a mosquito bite. The brain swells resulting in significant brain damage. In my former profession as a speech pathologist, I encountered such a client. She was in her 30's and her memory was deeply…
On more than one occasion, I have been asked to identify the personality type of a fictional character or a celebrity. It can be fascinating to speculate on what type an individual appears to be. At the APTi 2011 conference,…
I was stunned by the photos and the stories that Mark brought back from Haiti. I laughed when he told me he slept on a ramshackle reclining chair with mosquito netting over his face (He HATES mosquitoes and bad sleeping…
The doctors in Haiti continue to perform surgery 15 hours per day. Many of their patients require amputations and many are children. The patients have been amazing despite all that they have endured. It has been said that Haiti will…
I received a call from Mark tonight. He had a safe trip to Haiti aboard a jet donated by a private citizen. It took a collaborative effort and donations of time, money, and supplies from many generous people to make…