ALL EPISODES

I think as much as the typical man wants to project an image of rugged independence and toughness, what he really wants out of a relationship with a woman is to be mothered. There are two distinct differences between men and women, as I see it, and one obviously is biology, but the other I would say is nature. The differences between our nature's, is that generally speaking, men are tuned into things and women are tuned into people. You won't find nearly as many women as m

What in life deserves our time and attention and what things don't. I hope that as we consider that question along with other topics on...

What in life deserves our time and attention and what things don't. I hope that as we consider that question along with other topics on...

It is easier to see bad things than it is to see good things. Catastrophe and destruction suck up our attention like a vacuum. It isn't uncommon for the first thing we notice about someone else to be something we don't like. On the other hand, appreciating things that are beautiful and good. Takes a little focus. Unless of course you happen to be a man and you're looking at a woman, but generally speaking, beautiful things like flowers,

Humanity likes to fool itself into thinking it knows the world it lives in, but we don't. We are surrounded by darkness so thick that even the light we shine doesn't go very far. But there's a kind of comfort that we can take from living in the darkness because that same darkness gives us permission to stop thinking so hard about what is.

If we had a metaphorical cup that needed to be filled up to feel contentment, what would we have to fill it with? I know what we try to fill it with. I know we try to fill it with all kinds of things, but sometimes I think the real problem isn't that we don't have things to put in the cup, but rather that the cup has a hole in it.

Everybody starts out in life as a bully. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but children are savages. I find it amusing sometimes to watch my kids pick on each other. They are masters of poking at each other's insecurities. The funniest to watch is my three-year-old, who likes to tease my six-year-old. She is three, and she already knows how to get her brother to hyperventilate.

The reason words matter is because when we cannot accurately name or describe a thing, we are powerless to take action. How could we? Without a name for that which we are experiencing or seeing, we do not even know the thing that needs to be acted upon. When we are afraid, if we can learn the source of this fear and put a name to it, that fear often goes away, or at the very least, it's weakened.

Our pride is tied up in the picture we create of ourselves. It's what we see when we look into the mirror of the mind. But in truth, the whole thing is made up. We are not the person in our imagination. If we could eliminate this perception of ourselves, we would be free of pride. And pride is effectively the fence we build up around us.