A Bit of Optimism

When people want to do good they often get stuck because they don’t know what they can do.  Mark Bustos figured out that to do good, all we need to do is what we are already good at, but to do it for ...

8 Feb 202218min

Short packets of content. That’s the world we live in. We've condensed and compressed so much of what we consume that our entertainment and our news seem to have lost any nuance or complexity. And tha...

1 Feb 202229min

Less than 5% of major crimes end in a conviction. For cold cases, that number drops to 1%.       Those numbers won’t stay low forever.   David Mittelman’s company, Othram Inc., is revolutionizing DNA ...

25 Jan 202227min

Engraved on the Statue of Liberty it reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...” A beautiful sentiment, indeed. The reality is a little less poetic. When re...

18 Jan 202228min

How would you react if you found out that your friends purposely planned a birthday party when you were out of town so you wouldn’t attend? And what if you found out from a video that went viral on Ti...

11 Jan 202222min

Fear and anger seem to dominate the headlines. So, to start the New Year, I thought it would be a good idea to find out if there is anything we can do to get to a resolution. And William Ury is about ...

4 Jan 202236min

Stressed from work? Stressed from life? For all the talk of mindfulness and meditation, a lot of us still struggle to find that calm we want. Omar Brownson tapped into an entirely new way to find peac...

28 Des 202131min

Despite all our “social” media, more and more people report feeling lonelier, more stressed and more adrift than ever before. How can we protect our mental health and still engage with friends on Inst...

21 Des 202129min