A woman in our neighborhood rides 13 miles to work. My wife learned she was staying on the east side of town where there are lots of foothills. “Why don’t you ride a bit further west where you’d avoid all the hills?” she asked. “Oh,” was the reply, “I like the hills.” ... READ MORE >

Today is Tuesday. It is 6:15 AM. I will exercise for thirty minutes and clean up, go to work. At noon I will meditate for 20 minutes, using my preferred method, Autogenic Training.(You can download the script at http://enjoylifebook.com/free-downloads.) I will work all afternoon. The one thing I don’t do on Tuesdays... 

My colleague’s wife was suffering. After delivering their baby, she fell into a dysphoric, unhappy phase. She would call the office and demand to speak with her husband. If he was with a client I would suggest she call back when he had a break on the hour, but she would insist and I’d alert him. I know it stressed... 

I had carefully nurtured some hardy crop starts in our south-facing windows, and I was in the garden preparing to transplant them. I tilled some ground and raked it out. I started putting in some lettuce starts and Lily, my granddaughter came out. Her mother had brought her over for a visit, and I explained to her... 

I just finished Discovering God by Rodney Stark, Professor of Sociology at Baylor and an expert on the history of religion. I recommend it to the therapists I train because people’s feelings about religion and spirituality influence them, yet surveys show that many therapists are cautious or even afraid of asking... 

My granddaughter Lily is almost three. She has gotten excited about being scared. She wants her parents to tell her scary stories, and when she comes to visit, she wants me to be a “Tickle Monster.” That means I hold my hands up and lumber after her growling. If I catch her, I am supposed to tickle her, but she... 

I have been applying Positive Psychology for about twenty years now and especially in the past few years since I wrote my book, Enjoy Life: Healing with Happiness. If you want a copy, click . Positive attitudes, no matter what happens. I am getting pretty good. Rudyard Kipling, in his poem, If, said, “If you can... 

I once bought a BMW. It was a 1988 325 model, or as a real Bimmer fan would say, an E-30 Three Series. It was a sturdy and practical vehicle, with a robust six cylinder engine, a solid five-speed transmission with the reverse gear in the proper left-and-up position, and it tracked through turns like it was on rails!... 

A couple of years ago I had knee transplants. The old knees were extremely painful, and started locking up on me, so my back was against the wall. I bit the bullet and went under the knife. Well, actually, a knife, a saw, a hammer, all kinds of tools. I made a great recovery. I took pain killers only half the time... 

I was at my doctor’s office, getting an annual checkup, and he asked what I wanted. I said I want to live to be 125 in excellent health. He looked askance at me and shook his head. I thought, “This shows how bankrupt the health system is.” But why do I want to live to 125? I enjoy being alive, I enjoy my life.... 

As far as I know, my dog never makes resolutions. She seems to be happy with who she is. I am not. I want to get stronger, run some 5k and 10k races. Since I started running a couple of weeks ago, I am up to four miles (this morning). I am resolved to increase my speed (now: very slow!) and my distance (a 10k is 6.2...