Episodes

Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Living Wisely as a Humanist
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
What does it mean to be a Humanist?
To me, it means trying to be the best person I can be.
But to be the best person I can be, I have to have some idea of what it means to be good.
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Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
April Fools Brain
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Today is April fools.
We don’t need other people to play tricks on us; our minds do a great job of fooling us all on their own.
Unless you are amazing, you probably engage in magical thinking from time to time.
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Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Living Wisely
Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Tuesday Mar 25, 2014
Living well, to a certain extent, requires you to live wisely.

Throughout your day, you make hundreds of decisions.
Each of those little decisions adds up to the quality or lack of quality in your life.
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Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Wondering about Happiness
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
Tuesday Mar 18, 2014
I write a lot about happiness.

People seem to struggle with this.
The problem is that happiness, as a goal, isn’t a very good one.
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Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Public Prayer
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Tuesday Mar 11, 2014
Have you ever been forced to pray?

For instance, if you are in a group and someone says - my mother is sick and other people say- oh, we’ll pray for you and then suddenly, everyone is holding hands and praying out loud and the person next to you is not ok with you not holding their hand while they pray.
What do you do?
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