Sporadically Brian

"Civility is claiming and caring for one’s identity, needs, and beliefs, without degrading someone else’s in the process.” ----- Tomas Spath and Cassandra Dahnke, Founders, Institute for Civility in Government -------------------------------- It's a normal weekday on [...]

“It’s partly because we are neuro-biologically hardwired for belonging and connection. We’re hardwired to want it, and need it so much, that the first thing we do is sacrifice ourselves and who we are to [...]

He was so lonely. Among all these people and while actually engaged in an interaction with a person looking straight at him… ----------------------------------------------- As I sat with my good friend in another part of the [...]

"Everyone knows that experience of being surrounded by people and feeling completely alone." —— Brené Brown ------------------------------------- I was at a live music venue with a few good friends when this man I barely know approached [...]

"I think our need to push away the word “paradox,” and the need to — our need for either/or, not “and,” is driven by our lack of capacity for vulnerability. It’s really hard to straddle [...]