Have you ever considered a career change? Have you wondered when is the right time to make the change? In the late ’90s, I was contemplating a change from clinical psychology and family therapy to executive coaching. Here’s my story about the change. As I look back, my body knew it before my mind caught on. For a long time, I’d been growing antsy and having trouble sitting in the chair through a typical day, which included 6 to …
Finding your purpose in life is a major theme we revisit often in our lives. Over the past 10 years, my wife and life partner, Dr. Patricia Pasick, has been involved in a project which has been deeply meaningful to her and given her life great purpose. In today’s Dr. Rob post, I’d like to give Pat a chance to describe her project, and talk about why it’s been so important. Working with kids in Africa had always been a …
My favorite graduation speech is not actually a speech at all. It is a delightful book written by Dr. Seuss when he was 87. It’s entitled: Oh, the Places You Will Go. Although I’m not yet 87, and I am never going to be as wise as Dr. Seuss, I’d like to share a few lines I’ve written as advice for graduates on another very topic. Oy, The People You Will Meet. Congratulations, today is your graduation day, Over the …
Dear Grandpa Izzie, Every April, when the Tigers usher in Spring, I think of you and your joy of baseball. I wrote this little children’s story for you, about Mark Fidrych, a great Tiger pitching sensation who arrived on the scene a few years after you died in 1970. He had a zany personality, just like you. You’ll be happy to know, I’ve passed on your love of baseball to my two sons and now to my two granddaughters. PS. …
Blues at Dawn I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head – So I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. I don’t dare remember in the morning Don’t dare remember in the morning. If I recall the day before, I wouldn’t get up no more – So I don’t dare remember in the morning. ~ Langston Hughes Most …
Al Qaeda, The Enemy – Up Close & Personal Being escorted on a Jeep through the Golan Heights by Elan, a recently retired military intelligence officer, was one of the highlights of my recent trip to Israel. After a rugged ride through back roads and trails, we reach a high post on the mountaintop. Elan was explaining to us about how, due to the internal fighting between many factions, Syria could hardly be considered a unified country any longer. Not only were …