I paid $75,000 for my advanced degrees. But (as I’ve written before) those degrees only taught me how to get an advanced degree. And that was a steal, compared to many of the alternatives out there. I did 98% of my coursework online. It was pure hell, but it taught…

Bonus: My Favorite Fruit/Veggie Shake Recipe in a Ninja If you own a Ninja or similar gravity blender, it can be tough to get the layering right. If you put things into the Ninja in the wrong order, you’ll find yourself with a spinning chopper while most of the ingredients…

Attached. He was always attached. They spent the days together, sitting in the sun. Out the window, birds glided on the city’s updrafts. Behind them, keystrokes fell into place. The cup of coffee sat nearby, unsure of itself, its contents spilled and drying into a sticky ring on the wooden…

I know it sounds creepy, but I can’t pass a graveyard without hearing them. I’m not one of those special people like in The Sixth Sense or Stir of Echoes (great movie, by the way). I don’t see dead people or hear them speak. Not verbally, anyway. I feel them…

It’s not hard. But it does require consistency. Yesterday, Peter Murphy became my 1,000th follower. (Hi, Peter! Can’t wait to get to know you better!) While I celebrate that milestone, I know it could have happened a lot sooner if I had just put in the work. I would love…

It doesn’t look like much. It’s got a cadmium orange cover, dinged and scratched after many months of use. But inside is the secret to my recovery from the most difficult period of my life. Someday I’ll write about the awfulness. …

Learn from my crash and burn process. About 15 years ago, I was offered an interesting opportunity to be an executive director for a small nonprofit in Delaware that focused on brain injury. At the time, I was working in a job I hated for a boss I couldn’t stand…