Dateline: Albuquerque Airport, New Mexico. October 2011. “Land of Enchantment? Really?” It’s Not What Happens to You, It’s What Happens Next . . . . The ‘Stolen Luggage Incident’ Encore The airline tickets were purchased at a sale price five months ago. The Santa Fe Hilton had a double points special. I’d timed …
“What’s Wrong with You?” Criticism, Part Two. Dateline: In the air over New Mexico, American Airlines Flight 78. It’s crowded up here in the clouds because New Mexicans levitate with the ease that you and I eat breakfast. I almost talked myself out of writing this element of “Conquering Criticism …
Conquering Criticism in Three Parts: Criticizing the World, Criticizing Partners and Family, and Criticizing Yourself– Bet you thought this was going to be about those mean other people who criticize you and how you can get them to stop. Wrong. Anyway, convincing someone else to not criticize with like emptying …
The Welcome Riot This episode cannot be justified without first reading: My First Riot! Dateline: I have absolutely no idea where I am. I know I’m in Mexico City, but beyond that, I don’t have a clue. Okay, so now I’m in a taxi on the side or a road in …
Are Your Emotions Running the Show? Welcome to Las Vegas! Dateline: Las Vegas International Branch Office. Professional Bull Riders Rock Bar. I’m balanced on a bar stool tapping away on my laptop. Around me are partiers not in Las Vegas to edit a manuscript. Periodically, one or several of them …
ANXIETY and LOVE ADDICTION Question:“I am engaged to a man who has been married three times . . . Our relationship began during his third marriage and he met his second wife while he was in his first marriage. He says I’m different than the other women, that he loves me …
Dateline: Threadgill’s Restaurant, Austin, Texas. The servers wear black T-Shirts with the caption “Dang!” The “motto” originated when one fellow gazed over the list of vegetables on the menu, stood, and said, “Dang!” Self-Defeating Behaviors or Why Diet Books Are Next to the Cookbooks at Barnes and Noble. Why would …
