Continued from Julius Caesar: A Hero for Our Times We can see that Julius Caesar was well loved from the cult of Divus Julius which sprung up after his death. Likewise, by the fresh flowers that still litter his funeral pyre, we see…
Even Great Men Have Trouble at Home Sitting in hospital recently, waiting for my son's arm to be mended (to restore a profile of one elbow rather than two) after him being injured playing football, I began reading about the life of Julius…
Cleaning up after a big family gathering we had in our home recently, and feeling very tired and worn out, I couldn’t help but recall all the research I have read, demonstrating that humans are terrible at predicting how, what we plan,…
How Do You Make Friends? Our attachment style describes how we respond to other people. Which is your attachment style? - Moving away from people. - Moving towards people. - Moving against people. On the Sidelines The first two in…
Stick With the Crowd The first step you need to take to stop being a scapegoat is to stop isolating yourself. Even if you are a pulling away person the safest place for you to be is joining in activities…
In Shooing Jealousy Away and Tom and Julie Part 2 I discussed Jealousy occurring in a normal and healthy way (when there is good reason for it) and one way to deal with that emotion effectively. Today I want to…
The Transformation Continued from Shooing Jealousy Away. Julie came to me last night bubbly and smiling, as she is most of the time lately (more on that in a moment), and said, "Tom wants us to start working out together."…
"What's Wrong With Me Talking to Her Anyway?" Steve and I were in bed talking the other night when, out of the blue, my daughter came in to our room crying. Steve, being the gentleman he is, suddenly remembered something…
Continued from Regulating Jealousy ... I said to Julie, "I know you want to argue and fight with him, but you know by now that isn't going to go anywhere, so really you just need to trust me now and…
Sitting listening to a late night radio interview with the latest academic philosopher to have authored a book on narcissism, I was struck (once again) with disbelief that neuroscience and emotional intelligence training is still not taught alongside philosophy in…
