How to Do Life

Where are pockets of opportunity amid the COVID economic shutdown? And how mere mortals can land a good job in these tough times.

I offer common-sense but usually solid-research-based thoughts on diet, exercise, stress management, emotional health, substance abuse, and preparing for a doctor's appointment.

I ask a series of questions to help you better understand yourself and, gulp, reveal some core things about myself.

I talk about how to respond internally and externally if you decide you want to get more and better responses from people at work and personally. Importantly, I also discuss what to do if you decide you want a heavily solo existence.

Work: No false precision in choosing a career, using your best ability to make a difference, and advise that you consider jobs that drop in your lap. Usually, they don't drop there at random. Relationships: : Maintain high standards: Better solo than so-so. You can't expect to fix a person; tweaking is about it. I offer a Relationship Report Card to help you assess your relationship. Money: Status...

Our intelligence is not preordained. I offer tips on how to improve yours. Plus, lesson's my life's (many) failures.

Using practical examples, I discuss how to deal with everything from a baby that won't stop crying to a teen issues on sex, drugs, and college.

Here I explain why gardening deserves its spot as America's #1 hobby. I go on to recommend the most rewarding things you can plant and how to do it.

My best advice on choosing a career, landing the job, and succeeding in it. Plus a pretty darn inspiring story.

How important should money be in choosing a career? Smart ways to spend without shortchanging yourself? Investing so as to avoid the sharks? And charitable donation that yields big bank for the buck.

Should you have a dog? How to choose? Training. When you have to leave? The case for doggies in the workplace.

I'm pretty obsessive about time management. I'll share what works, plus tips that have most helped my clients keep their procrastination from being too damaging.

Advice on choosing a school and helping your child make the most of it. The focus is on developing the whole child, not just the academic brain.

Tips on meeting, evaluating, marrying, and problem solving in romantic relationships--plus, the solo option.