When The Bus Doors Didn’t Open

When The Bus Doors Didn’t Open

Why I do what I do. I was seventeen years old. And I thought I might die on a city bus in the Bronx. It was 1975. I was riding home from school. Just another ordinary day, until it wasn’t. I come from a lower-middle-class African American family with strong values,...
To Be or Not To Be Empathetic

To Be or Not To Be Empathetic

Four Things To Consider   In this time when everyone is going through something big simultaneously, empathy must still lead the way. We still need some real lessons on how to be empathetic and support each other. I was having a tough day processing yet another...
Apology Time

Apology Time

Four Key Steps for a Real Apology That Heals the Harm and Restores the Relationship There have been some very public apologies in the headlines in the last few weeks, and the commentary has been loud. Much of it has been negative. Folks just didn’t get it right the...
Out With The Old, In With The New

Out With The Old, In With The New

Breathing that is. Making changes in our lives and our world is going to take everything we’ve got, but we have to do it and get to the other side in a healthy way. Here’s one important, life-changing technique. Let’s work on the practice of deep...