Since I'm in the counseling field, I'm always curious about how the mind works. I'm always reading books about consciousness. And in these readings, it's fascinating to contemplate how all of these tech scientists in Silicon Valley are trying to actually create AI. To create a conscious brain. Is this even possible? Which brings us to today's book: In "Life 3.0", Max Tegmark takes us into the future of artificial

I’m going to tell you something right now - that you may or may not already know – you’re being too hard on yourself! This whole “tough love” thing has its place. With this said, simple support, kindness and love often does the job better and gets the job done. Which is hard! And believe me, I learned this the hard way. Over here, on my end, I’m raising two

Thanksgiving Showdown Here we go. We can feel it already. There are all these families who are getting together. And the tension is building already. Whose house are we going to? And for how long? Why do you get to call the shots and I don't? And we're being triggered left and right. Shouldn't we be better at this by now? And then, at some point, we might inevitably feel

It really started when I got the Personal Power 2 Tony Robbins audiobooks at the library. I was already kind of into him. I had a tape somewhere. (Haha, tapes.) And it kind of helped. I agreed with everything he was saying! He had these great thoughts on managing our states and that you can never fail as long as you keep trying. Sounds great. But I was still living in

“When all else fails, cleaning house is the perfect antidote to most of life’s ills.” — Sue Grafton I love to put cleaning quotes all over the house. It reminds me why it is so important to clean. I just noticed, at some point that my life is HAPPY when the place is clean. Back in the day, before I was a Missoula Counselor, I used to be a cello