by Bill LaBrie | Oct 5, 2014 | Essays
I am beginning to fear that the world really was better in about 1995 or so. Back in the 1990s. US Economy Society Movies Music Careers All better. More human-friendly. More real. Things were better for me in particular (at least in certain ways). I had just moved...
by Bill LaBrie | Oct 3, 2014 | Essays
“When inner peace is lost, such a state is not permanent. If the sufferer remembers himself, he returns to himself and re-establishes his habitual inner order.” — Theophan the Recluse I moved to Colorado to ride. Riding was how I discovered the...
by Bill LaBrie | Oct 2, 2014 | Essays
Did you need a reminder that exercise helps both treat and prevent depression? Probably not. Or maybe you did. Our little mouse friends come through for us again in this study from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm described in the New York Times: LINK. It’s...
by Bill LaBrie | Sep 23, 2014 | Careers, Coping, Essays
It’s not just mental health. These steps improve your physical health as well. Since most modern coping/self-help literature seems to be focused on averting ill-defined misery of the sort for which there is no clear cause, I throw out my simple suggestion...
by Bill LaBrie | Sep 20, 2014 | Essays
You, too, can write a book in only a few short decades! Here’s how! It’s pretty simple, really. All you need to do is: 1. Come up with a great idea. Say to yourself “That would make a great book!”. Start to write it down. Talk to other people...
