This month at 10 Little Rules we’re talking about stories … our own, each others, and the story of this country. A huge part of the United States’ story is voting … this brave thing we do in a participatory democracy. And that means voting for *everything,* not just the biggies that roll around every four years in November. Our democracy’s story also depends on […]

Mother’s Day is almost here. I’m happy and sad all wrapped into one, with sprinkles of mad on top. It’s been two years since I lost my mother. It’s been two years since I saw her and could talk to her. I have learned so much about myself in those two years … and I can’t tell her. Well, I can. I talk to her […]

This past March I was honored to speak with Stephanie Affinito and appear on her Get Lit(erate) podcast. Stephanie describes herself as a “book-loving, notebook hoarding bookologist on a mission to changes lives one book and one notebook at a time. Our conversation was amazing … and she asked a question no one has yet asked about my book 10 Little Rules for a Blissy […]

My friend and former colleague @Jeff Wozer is a low-key philosophical genius and popular keynote speaker on digital moderation. Years ago he shared a tip for getting unstuck from mindless social media consumption … and it stuck with me. His advice? Before you jump online again, slap a big old rubber band on your wrist — you know, the kind you’d wrap up a bundle […]

This morning I was getting ready for my yearly physical, and my mind wandered back to last year’s appointment. It was maybe three weeks after my mom died, and two months after my granddaughter was born.  I sat in the parking lot, mask on, waiting for the nurse to come out and do a Covid symptom check. She approached the car, looked at me and […]