by Dr. Dan | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
My wife and I watch more movies at home than we did before the pandemic began. I like watching movies on the couch together. We saw a movie the other evening about the life of singer Ray Charles. I was impressed with how his mom raised him to be so independent in...
by Dr. Dan | Dec 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
I misplaced my car keys the other morning and it nearly drove me crazy until I found them. For some reason, I seem to be misplacing and losing stuff more during the pandemic. I ended up finding my keys on the picnic table where I had been doing exercises the day...
by Dr. Dan | Dec 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
A part of my job as a psychologist is to teach people to coach themselves. In order to teach something, I need to figure out how to do it myself—so I can give advice that is reasonably helpful. While I try to take a less-is-more approach when it comes to advice,...
by Dr. Dan | Nov 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
I think most us are lowering the bar for this holiday season. For me, the bar of peace & joy has never been much different during the holidays than the rest of the year. At the risk of sounding like a calendar socialist, I tend to treat most days equally,...
by Dr. Dan | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
I used to take my evening walks across town, but now I stay away from campus because college students have proven to be as bad at spreading the virus as ultra conservatives. Instead I walk through neighborhoods where I’m less likely to see other people. I choose to...
by Dr. Dan | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Our country is in the process of learning to become a better team. All teams go through this process before they can achieve greatness. Our country has yet to achieve greatness, even though a lot of people wear hats about how great we once were or how great we are...