Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 1, 2003
I met my wife a dozen years ago and her best friend shortly thereafter. I was always fond of my wife’s friend. We all shared a good deal of time together through our college years and now into our thirties. She is [...]

Do you have questions like “What am I going to do after I graduate”, “How do I identify the right profession for me”, “How do I prepare for my transition from my studies to my professional life effectively and least stressful”? In a series of articles I will guide with hints, tips and share my [...]

Dear Friends
We are living in extraordinary times! All over the world people are gathering together, meeting in groups, in person and also in teleclasses and webcasts to experience something more, an awakening.
The Oprah Winfrey / Eckhart Tolle webcast is an unprecedented event, a shining example of just how powerful these kinds of gatherings can be. [...]

“Welcome to Canada,” Ken shouted to me over the roar of the rain and thunder. A constant downpour kept the photography workshop indoors. We slipped out during a break in the clouds, but as soon as we set up our tripods, a thunderstorm swept in out of nowhere and sent us scurrying back down the [...]

Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 11, 2002
I just started a wonderful new job. The atmosphere is laid-back, and the people alone make the place fantastic. The best of them all is my boss. She is 29, a month my elder, and very comely in appearance.
At first I was [...]

Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 15, 2003
I have a couple of questions for you. If a person no longer feels they love their spouse, is it time to divorce?
Also, do you think a person who has had an affair can change enough for the betrayed to forgive and continue the [...]

Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 6, 2004
Someone gave me a bit of advice, and I’m doing my best to get my head wrapped around it, trying to understand and comprehend and translate it into my own life. What does it mean to “follow your own heart”?
Lisa
Lisa, Dante’s “Divine Comedy” opens [...]

For two and a half thousand years philosophers and religions and scientists have pondered the meaning of life. Why are we here? Were we created or have we merely evolved? Is there a God? Why does evil exist? Why do we suffer pain? And they’re still pondering.
My purpose in using the term … “everybody’s guide” [...]

Im a sucker for romance. I love movies where boy meets girl, boy loses girl and, against all odds, they find their way back to each other. Or films about star-crossed lovers, as in Bridges of Madison County, who return to their separate lives forever changed.
In real life, though, I have learned to be wary [...]

What if there were just two choices you could make to insure that next year would be wonderful? There actually are, and these choices are quite simple in concept, yet not easy to do. They are not things you do on the outside, such as exercising your body (which is always [...]