“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotle What is wisdom? I grew up believing that you had to be old to be wise. Now people are turning to AI for answers. But artificial intelligence doesn’t know everything and …
The AI assistant on my phone is trying to be my friend. It likes to make unsolicited sugestions like “try setting a timer for two minutes” or “play mood music”. Once I caught it eavesdropping on a conversation I was …
I’ve loved writing for as long as I can remember. Like most writers I often struggle to put my thoughts into words but when I finish a writing project I feel energized and pumped. And I feel motivated to continue …
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Are You a Wild Introvert? It’s no wonder people find introverts confusing. One minute we are the life of the party and the next minute we have disappeared inside ourselves. The term wild introvert was coined by psychologist and author …
This morning I opened my email and found 3 separate articles about loneliness. Two discussed the negative impacts of being alone while the third, written by Karun Pal, talked about The Power of Doing Nothing. But in a world that …
Last week a young woman approached me at an author event I was participating in at the Surrey Public Library. She told me that she was fed up with people telling her she was shy. I understand her frustration but …