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Carlin and I moved to Willits in 1992 because I thought I was going to die. I had recently had surgery for life-threatening adrenal tumor. My doctors told me that I was fine now. The tumor had been removed and I had fully recovered from surgery. When I asked them why I had gotten the

It seems that “gridlock” has become the norm in the world these days. We are increasingly stuck in traffic, our government doesn’t seem to be able to make the most basic decisions, and most of our institutions, from the schools to our health-care system, are becoming increasingly dysfunctional. We put out one fire here, and

My father was a writer which both inspired and terrified me. When I was five years old he became overwhelmed by his inability to find work in his chosen field, became increasingly manic and depressed, and took an overdose of sleeping pills. Though he didn’t die, I grew up believing that creativity and depression went

The media is full of stories about sports and domestic violence. We were sickened by video showing Baltimore Ravens superstar Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancée and dragging her out of a Las Vegas elevator. But he’s not the only sports figure who has been associated with domestic violence. Ray McDonald was arrested for domestic

Ebola outbreaks in Africa, conflicts in Russia and the Ukraine, fighting in Gaza and Israel, civil unrest in the U.S., food and gasoline price increases, government gridlock, and water shortages: The headlines make our heads spin and cause our hearts to race. It feels like things are falling apart and we are on a life

We would all like to have deeper meaning and more joy in our lives. But we live in stressful and confusing times and more and more of us are dealing with things like depression, migraines, and sexual dysfunction. New breakthroughs from the science of positive psychology can offer direction and guidance. When I was in