Credit: Getty Images, NBC. I remember sitting in a conference for mental health workers, where the featured speaker was Dr. Martin Seligman--the "father" of Positive Psychology, which stresses the mental health benefits of focusing on the Positive. This was in the early 2000's when I was a young psychologist, feeling like an imposter and not so authentic, not even with myself. When I heard what he was going to speak about, I internally rolled my eyes and thought, "oh great.

It's that season when it is SO CLEAR that everyone else but me has themselves a holly , jolly , these are a few of my favorite things , rump-a-pum-pum, Merry Little Christmas now and I am the only one who feels a little sad and tired. There is SO MUCH PRESSURE on this one day to bring family together, for Christmas Miracles, to bury the hatchet, to fake it when the hatchets don't stay buried (and just miss your head) and to be joyful. And for many of us, Christmas is ma

I know. It's kind of a big question. Lately, I have been imagining myself walking on the streets of Everytown, USA with my microphone--Asking---"What are you here for? What is yours to do while you are here?" (while I point to the ball in my hand that looks like the earth). As a roving reporter, I want to get people thinking. What if you are here for a short time to be the the "YOU-iest YOU" you can be? What if status and achievement don't matter at all compared to livi