For most of my life, I proudly identified as an intense person with a clear, unmistakable sense of right and wrong. With this came strong emotions about most everything. I got an adrenaline rush from my outrage at news events. …

The phrase, “everything is going to be alright,” was recently highlighted in our rector’s Sunday sermon. His message was that some people seem on a different track than the rest of us — a path where they know “everything will be alright.” I thought of my stepdad. …

And 5 strategies I shared with a 30 year old colleague. A junior colleague asked for help in correcting a vexing problem. In essence, she felt that her boss and team unjustly perceived her as whiny, competitive, angry and unwilling to receive feedback from others. From her perspective, she was…