When Jack and Gigi were very young, Gigi was 1 1/2 and Jack was 3, we found the very best nanny to help take care of them. Her name was Yadis but Gigi couldn’t pronounce her name so Gigi called her YaYa and that name stuck for all time. She was definitely YaYa to all…
DetailsWe seem to have lost our way. The way that we knew. The way that was so certain. It’s not one of those situations where you wake up and discover everything you thought, everything you believed in was a lie- it’s more like you wake up to find your bed is on the ceiling and…
DetailsDespite his violence and selfishness, I loved my dad. I always have. However, that love required dexterous skills. My love for him was filled with posturing, distance, the ability to entertain, and to make certain that I never put any unnecessary strain on him. My dad was a child and as long as you remembered…
DetailsHow to stay expressed-How to stay true-How to stay real in a world that has you checkmated at every turn. The world is culturally offended combined with a good dash of mentally arrested and unleased violence. Victimized and Gaslighted. Uncertain and yet outspoken. Anxious and depressed. Entitled and talentless. Gone from a Meritocracy to Moronacracy.…
DetailsWe live in a complex world where the requirement of learning new languages is coming at us at light speed. Whether the language is that of social media, AI, CRYPTO or current vernacular. And that’s while having to keep all your other commitments afloat. It’s not a matter of creative learning, it’s a matter of…
DetailsThe pandemic has issued in a whole new set of rules and structures. Breaking old paradigms and offering in new ways of doing business and new business’. It retired so many business expenses and also retired so many business’. In the wake of every breakdown new initiatives emerge and old ones are left like husks…
DetailsLearning from the past, standing in the present and pointing to the future….The trifecta of optimal human development.We live in conclusions and extremes where low to medium to high grade threats are as familiar as one’s morning coffee.It makes it difficult to learn- to regale- to plan and any of these would be optimum but…
DetailsWe all wake up and go to sleep differently. We all sleep differently depending on age and what is happening in one’s life. Are you more or less disturbed? Are we more or less anxious? Are we more or less drugged to ensure a good night’s rest? Sleep is very much a private affair, even though…
DetailsI grew up with the Beatles. I was 12 years old when I was first introduced to them. Probably better said they grew me up. The Beatles, like so many of us, turned my life upside down and started me on a path that was forged in love, possibility, truth and heartbreak. I had an inkling…
DetailsWe all need direction and support. The form of that support and guidance might take many forms. Sometimes it’s a gentle hand, sometimes it’s a mighty shove. We are not always comfortable with how the support comes and we usually have a preference with how it’s delivered, but sometimes the very thing we need is…
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