What Happens When They Mirror Your Mood?

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   What state are you in? It’s not your location I’m looking for. I’m curious about the way you’re being at this moment. That means the emotion you’re feeling. And the way you’re thinking. How you’re holding your body. The way you’re moving—or not. Your energy…

Getting Around To It

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   Some of us are launching whole new careers because the pandemic has upended the old one in ways that seem insurmountable. People in retail, fitness and hospitality are among those reinventing themselves as their employers close for good. Some of us are adjusting. Doing the…

Where’s The Meaning In The Mayhem?

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   How are you holding up? Seriously. It’s a lot, isn’t it? The pandemic. The economic collapse. Now the demonstrations along with the looting and destruction that accompanied them. Stores and restaurants just beginning to come back from the CoronaCrisis have been shut down again, some…

Where’s The Brighter Side?

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   “Too much checking has ruined many a good story.” My WLS co-anchor Jim Johnson used to joke about what can happen when you track down the details on a juicy news story. Sadly, sometimes you have to ditch the whole thing. The facts turn out…

Another F*ing Growth Opportunity

Listen to the audio version of this post here.   You hear people talking about lemons and lemonade … rainbows in the aftermath of a storm … and the search for the silver lining. I’m on board with the effort to look at the bright side when things are bleak. I always say it’s in…