When I was working on my masters in Clinical Psychology, I did my internship at the Department of Psychiatry of the local medical school. As part of my training, I worked under the supervision of several Ph.D. level psychologists and saw patients in the clinic under the guidance of the M.Ds in our department. The clinical staff took their roles as...

L.L. here with Random Acts of Poetry— remembering a sweet student who asked me an important question. I'd just finished addressing the chapel at Geneva College and had included poetry in the talk. This drew the poets and "creatives" to find me afterward. Many simply thanked me for making a place for poetry in between words about Ash Wednesday, dust,...

I’ve had some outstanding bosses. And I’ve have some pretty bad ones, too. I bet you’ve experienced both kinds as well. The worst ones were those that were self-absorbed. The entire workplace seemed to revolve around their personality, opinions, likes and dislikes. They expended tremendous energy on the endless accumulation of converts and...

I enjoy reading both online and offline. Subjects include advertising, small groups, Abraham Lincoln, fairy tales, "cool," Old Testament history, augmented reality, furniture restoration and the contrasting perspectives of the NY Times and Fox News on President Obama. Can you say "variety"? In the past week, however, I’ve encountered a concentration...