The Millennial Struggle
Opening Insights: The Millennial Struggle My mentor, who I’ll refer to as my Co-Lab Grandpa (A Grandpa’s Blog), recently asked me to do a brief write-up regarding what it’s like to be a Millennial. What […]
Food For Thought
Compassion: to Give, to Participate, to Contribute
Opening Insights What is compassion? Do we learn how to be compassionate, or are we born that that way? Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati shares wisdom about the human heart and sheds light on how to […]
Digital Junkies: Main-lining Heroin
Opening Insights: Digital-ization Our world has and is becoming increasingly digitized, with people become more and more reliant and in many cases dependent on technology. As visionaries like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and many others […]
Normalizing Drug Use (smart drugs)… “Houston We Have a Problem!”
Opening Insights Dave Asprey begins his discussion with a beginner’s guide to hacking the brain. Natural techniques like standing on your head, vibration and acupuncture can increase blood flow to the brain and raise awareness. […]
Addiction and the Brain’s Pleasure Pathway: Beyond Willpower
Opening Insights: What It’s All About? Addiction is a condition that develops as a result of genetics and environmental triggers. Once activated, the realities of its effect are hard to control and manage, hence addiction […]
Sex on the Brain
Opening Insights: What Happens During an Orgasm? …nerves sending impulses back to the spinal cord and brain, an orgasm wouldn’t be possible. Just like any other area of the body, the genitalia contain different nerves […]
What Would You Do?
Opening Insights Consider what would happen if all government-mandated responsibility and accountability (rules) were removed from people. There would be no consequences for their actions, other than community response. They would be legally free to […]
Kung Fu (Pilot)
Opening Insights Inspirational Movies, such as Kung Fu, are often assigned to set the mood and support recovery principles and lessons. Informational Insights Assignments are often customized to the Recovery Buddy Participant. Here is an […]
He Had It All and It Was Real
Opening Insights The roar of the engine awoke a lucid sea. She was a sight to see at 68 feet. Crew member Benny had christened her with a helping of fresh water and she glistened […]
I Never Carry A Grudge As Long As I Get Even: Get Angry To Get Even
Opening Insights I would suggest that we have a world that is full of anger. We even have developed a new solution called “Anger Management.” We know from the mental health world that fear is […]
Smart People Make Mistakes to Get Smarter
Opening Insights When I look back at my life, I realized that I never learned anything new from the things I did right. I only learned something new when I did something wrong… AND LEARNED […]