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This past Tuesday evening, June 29th, my maternal Aunt Norma died in a hospital at the age of eighty nine. She was surrounded by family, including her loving and devoted husband Sonny, her three children, her sister (my mother), two daughters-in-law, my wife Julie and...

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” ---Henry Ward Beecher At no other time in the history of the United States have we had as many distractions, with 24-hour news cycles, and social media, and impeachment hearings, and... With all of this...

Sometime simple advice is the most effective. I recently got this tweet from Brad Lea a successful businessman and CEO, leaving me highly impressed with the power of it's simple message. 6 SIMPLE RULES OF SUCCESS: 1. Early to bed early to rise 2. Learn something new...

This past Tuesday was the funeral for my father, Angelo. He had been ill for some time so his loss should not have been surprising. In the past, whenever he had been ill, he demonstrated incredible resilience and seemed to bounce back from various ailments,...

July 4th represents the freedom that both citizens and non citizens have who live in the United States. Our forefathers fought politically and militarily to give us this freedom. Many men and women, prior to our existence, made various sacrifices to allow us to have...

Have you ever been stuck between at least two different positions and felt paralyzed and unsure what to do? I know I have. Tony Robbins once said that being indecisive is emasculating. Most decisions can be reversed but we're so afraid of making the wrong decision...

A couple of weeks ago, I ran the Falmouth Road Race for a charity, the American Red Cross. I had thought about doing this race for several years but kept procrastinating or psyching myself out. I would say things to myself like "7 miles is too far. The drive to the...

Last month, John Bradshaw died. He was the author of #1 New York Times Best Selling Book, HEALING THE SHAME THAT BINDS YOU, It was written years ago with millions of copies sold and is still selling more than 13,000 copies every year. In it, Bradshaw shared his...

Prior to switching to full time private practice in 2011, I worked full time for 5 years at Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton, MA. I was both privileged and blessed to work with talented people and directly influence the quality of lives of the outpatient...

"Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom." --- Jim Rohn There has been much said about the power of goal setting but not always in the same breath as when...

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." ---Wayne Dyer Recently I've been reading the late great Dr. Wayne Dyer's autobiography I Can See Clearly Now. In it, he described various experiences he encountered and how each of them helped...

" Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come." ----  Melody Beattie January 1st marks...

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." ---Calvin Coolidge Peace is defined as freedom from disturbance; quiet and tranquility. calm, restfulness,...

“Every person needs to take one day away.  A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.  Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our...

Recently, I did an impromptu 10 mile road race. At some point earlier that week, I got the idea to do the race; I believed I needed it. On race day, I was still compelled to run despite the hour-and-half drive from my home and the rainy, overcast, muggy weather. On...