Self-Knowledge College: WHAT'S COMING! Yesterday, I told you about my house move and explained why I haven’t been posting for months. Today, I’ll tell you what’s coming to Self-Knowledge College. I’ll address the most difficult problems people are suffering from. In two parts. Today: Part 1. … [Read more...]
Dropout to Dean’s List–What’s Coming! Life Purpose (Part 1)
November 2, 2017 by
DROPOUT TO DEAN'S LIST--WHAT'S COMING (Part 1) Life Purpose The other day, I told you about my house move and explained why I haven’t been posting for months. We moved house and city, and it took almost forever! We are still renovating. I’m trying to get back to normal; but, for example, we have … [Read more...]
The Self Part 2: Searching for yourself? Flying blind?
September 2, 2016 by
Need a new search party? Try you! When children play Hide and Seek, at least the searchers know who they’re looking for. Do we know who we’re searching for when we’re looking for ourselves? Not usually. Which means we’re flying, or searching, blind Because if we don’t know what we’re looking … [Read more...]
The Self Part 1: Do You Find Yourself or Create it?
September 1, 2016 by
AND WHY BOTHER ANYWAY? We joked the other day about “finding ourselves.” MANY EXPERTS ADVISE US TO “FIND OURSELVES.” But the philosopher Thomas Szasz and the writer George Bernard Shaw both say, “The self is not something one finds: it is something one creates.” What? S#*! Many wise … [Read more...]
LOVE YOURSELF FIRST OR YOU CAN’T LOVE ANYONE ELSE
July 22, 2016 by
LOVE YOURSELF FIRST “I am always in love but love starts with yourself.” Oscar De La Renta You can’t love anybody else unless you love yourself first. Oscar De La Renta, the late famous clothing designer, was interviewed a couple of years ago in the Toronto Star by Jeanne Beker. The photo … [Read more...]
GET SOME F**KING Sleep!
November 7, 2014 by
GET SOME F**KING SLEEP! (I think many people say that to themselves!) 70% of people are sleep-deprived Does that include you? How can you get rest when there seem to be so many causes of sleeplessness including stress, anxiety, and illness? Sleep problems can be physically, … [Read more...]
Five things students need to be “college-ready.”
October 21, 2014 by
FIVE THINGS STUDENTS NEED TO BE "COLLEGE-READY." "The phrase “college and career ready” is today’s education reform mantra. John Warner, writing on Inside Higher Education, takes the educational politicians to task and tells you what he thinks students really need to succeed in college, aside … [Read more...]
20 ways parents can identify “at-risk” students
August 19, 2014 by
At risk students--20 ways parents can identify them. NOTE: This is appearing shortly after the suicide of Robin Williams. SELF-HARM Not all at-risk students are at-risk of self-harm or suicide but there are connections and similarities. And one in five students DO harm themselves. This is … [Read more...]
KNOW YOURSELF. Are you, You? Do you know?
November 7, 2013 by
KNOW YOURSELF Are you, YOU? DO YOU KNOW? (I MEAN THE REAL YOU AND NOT AN IMPOSTER OF SOME KIND?) Do you even know? Have you thought about it lately? This is important because if you don't know who you are, how are you going to know what to do after high school? Or college? Or the … [Read more...]
Don’t be yourself!
November 7, 2013 by
DONT BE YOURSELF WHATEVER YOU DO! THIS IS THE FIRST OF A CONTINUING SERIES ON THE SELF Some years ago, I saw a great New Yorker cartoon. The New Yorker is a wonderful weekly, of course, and there are many exceptional articles in each issue but the cartoons alone are worth the price of the … [Read more...]
