Dr. Stephen Alan Timm |

True Empathy

The greeting card industry is massive in the United States. There are greeting cards for every holiday, and for almost every occasion and life transition. Consistently, the largest card sections… Read More

Whence Kindness???

Years ago I read an essay entitled “Manners Matter.” It was written by a social psychologist whose name I have forgotten, but the basic premise of the essay has stayed… Read More

The Other Voice

You may be acutely aware, or perhaps, dimly aware that you have two voices in your head, and that most of the time, these two voices are in direct opposition… Read More

To Hell with Success

A New Paradigm How much have you thought about the paradigms you live by? Have you ever stopped and paid close attention to them? Have you ever seriously questioned the… Read More

Float Like a Butterfly

There is the story of the two Zen monks walking together on a muddy road, for there had been heavy rains the night before. They eventually came to a crossroads… Read More

Being You, Changing the World

Being You, Changing the World by Dr. Dain Heer is a weird (a word he frequently uses), quirky book which appears to be written quite casually and without much regard… Read More

It’s About Time

“As Time Goes By,” “Time is on My Side,” “Time in a Bottle,” “Feels Like the First Time,” “Time for Me to Fly,” “Praying for Time,” “If I Could Turn… Read More

Trust with a Capital T

Establishing and maintaining trust is considered a crucial component in intimate relationships. Relationship experts argue that without trust, no relationship will thrive, and very few are likely to survive. Breaches… Read More

Different from the Usual Way

Prior to Christmas when my youngest son was around 14 or 15, his mother and I asked him what he wanted for a gift. He told us he wanted a… Read More

Meditation

I have read dozens of books on meditation and was trained in Transcendental Meditation back in the early 1970s. I found Meditation by Eknath Easwaran to be the best of… Read More