Covid-19, Grief, and Meaning

Covid-19, Grief, and Meaning

As we move through the dangers of the coronavirus epidemic, human impatience is resisting the seemingly endless shut down of businesses and freedom of movement. We think and feel the pain of the restrictions of stay-at-home while wondering how long this will last....
Rituals Can Help Us Through The Coronavirus

Rituals Can Help Us Through The Coronavirus

There is no doubt that many households have been thrown into various degrees of chaos because of the present pandemic that has afflicted our society. Covid-19 is not just any old disease like the flu or cold. We all know what having the flu or just a common cold is –...
Though Hurt, We Will Heal

Though Hurt, We Will Heal

On March 20, 2020, Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International, released a short YouTube video shining a dawning light of hope on Marriott’s future. In spite of so many painful cutbacks, he pointed out that China has already begun its comeback with no new covid-19...
Saving Parental Sanity During the Covid-19 Shutdown

Saving Parental Sanity During the Covid-19 Shutdown

Forecasting the end of the coronavirus epidemic by doctors, governors, and smart people like Bill Gates will keep us at home for another six to ten weeks, meaning the earliest we can expect anything normal is about mid-May and the latest could run till mid-June. In...
Will our empathy unite us against Covid-19?

Will our empathy unite us against Covid-19?

Jeremy Rifkin[1] published his book, Empathic Civilization, the Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis in 2009. This monumental book traces human consciousness through the millennial years of human existence with each age leaving traces of its mythology,...
Hope in Times of Uncertainty

Hope in Times of Uncertainty

This past week Deepak Chopra with Oprah Winfrey released another of their free 21-day meditation series in keeping with the present global pandemic of the Coronavirus. This three-week meditation can be found in the twitter hashtag #HopeGoesGlobal, as well as on any of...