Columnists, In Person
On growing old gracefully – or not
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
As I sit at my desk in a too quiet house, I am thinking about my wife who is spending the day with a friend on a senior citizens’ bus trip to view the New England countryside...
Writing a spiritual autobiography
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
There will be eight of us, nine if you count me, the workshop leader, lighting up those little Zoom squares like stars blinking onto a twilight sky, one here, a cluster there,...
Finding the light
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
In March, I wrote about the challenge of walking in the dark, finding our way in life through a series of decisions guided in each case by unreliable and insufficient...
How to walk in the dark
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
“You don’t need to know a whole book in order to write the first page. You need only the desire to create something that will say what you feel needs to be said,...
Winter a time to look inward, embrace quiet
By Maria Mouratidis, Psy.D.
The holidays are over. The days remain short. The skies are grey. The temperatures are bitter in many parts of the country. Many people experience dysphoria, wishing away the...
Becoming an influencer
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
What’s the world coming to when our children dream of becoming YouTube influencers when they grow up? Not so long ago, I came across a study conducted by the Lego corporation...
My life in the library
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
When I retired from my hospital position nearly seven years ago, I moved my office to the public library. It was an easy move – no furniture to rearrange at home or haul...
The new normal
By John Grohol, Psy.D.
A year ago, I claimed that “the end of the pandemic is in sight.”
In hindsight, I was being optimistic. While the pandemic rages on largely unchecked, the newer...