Why Touch is Important

We’re touch-deprived in this culture, in the States.  I wonder when we began to make those conscious decisions to be less forth-coming with our physical gestures towards others.  It was likely born out of hygienic reasons, avoiding getting sicknesses from others.  And it probably just stuck around after that.  Compared to other countries, we areContinue reading “Why Touch is Important”

A Wall Already?

Uh-oh.  I’ve already hit a writer’s block!  I set a goal to write every day (or at least five out of seven days each week) but I have to admit that yesterday I was feeling uninspired to write.  I blamed it on being busy, but there’s always an excuse not to write, even though IContinue reading “A Wall Already?”

Give It Some Time

I’m trying to make new friends.  It’s an awkward thing to do as an adult.  Even harder as an introvert… It’s pretty easy when we’re kids, right?  Everything is simpler.  We haven’t had time to develop self-doubt.  It’s just, “Wanna play?”  “Sure!”  Great.  Friends for life. In the U.S., culture and marketing inundates us withContinue reading “Give It Some Time”