We just returned from one of our best family holidays in Palm Springs where we watched granddaughter Kyra perform in the Nutcracker, exchanged silly and fun Christmas gifts, hung out in the hot tub and pool, hiked (and saw a magnificent bighorn sheep), shot some good golf with the grandsons and where I lost in the ping pong tournament, badly to grandson Ethan. We all then attended the Fiesta Bowl, driving four hours to Phoenix, where we all watched our...

We’re out in Palm Springs, CA with all our kids and grandkids. We’ve rented a very cool house with a spa, swimming pool, ping pong table and even an arcade video game. The weather has been great unlike back home in Pittsburgh (and about everywhere else). Granddaughter Kyra will love hanging out with her older cousins and she’ll schedule the games and events around the house which will probably include “Diving for Dimes,” and playing “Things The Never Taught You...

Eighty-one years ago, my yet-to-be mom was getting a birthday party organized for my yet-to-be dad. He was 24 years old that day. By 2 PM, everyone was planning to still come, but the mood had become quite somber. It was the day Pearl Harbor was attacked and the US was brought into World War II. A few weeks later, my father enlisted in the Army. Dad had a penchant for words and with this extensive vocabulary and a good...

I’m working on a new website with a new logo and name (what is he changing his website name to, you may ask?) This will be the 5th major revision to my website during my 12 years in this latest iteration of an incredible career (University professor, clinical psychologist, entrepreneur, small business owner, corporate health care leader, author, and leadership and resilience expert and advisor.) In this exercise, I’m asking myself about what is most important to me in my...