First posted July 6, 2017. “Remember Elizabeth Anne, nothing is ever all bad. It is what we do with it that makes the difference.” These...

First posted June 1, 2017. I have decided that this week I will take off from continuing the “book” (America Fulfilling Its Promise) I...

First posted May 29, 2017. I have often mentioned that two of the most important skills we need to cultivate to live more fully in a...

First posted May 2, 2017. The Illusion of Control Many of us who have worked with addicts over a period of time think of dishonesty,...

First posted March 9, 2017. I was born during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidency. Indeed, I was well on my way to being a teenager...

First posted March 3, 2017. Nothing – absolutely nothing – will ever replace books. How precious it is to cuddle up with a book (they’re...

First posted February 20, 2017. We have been friends for many, many years, my dear – and will be forever I am sure. I am sorry not to...

First posted February 13, 2017. The early part of my life was spent in the Bible Belt. As a child, living among the Cherokee version of...

First posted February 6, 2017. We as human beings are so constructed as not to be perfect. We are not a mistake and we, and our...

First posted January 9, 2017. Infinity signs > Quid Pro Quo > You scratch me and I’ll scratch you > An eye for an eye and a tooth for a...

First posted January 5, 2017. It was love at first sight! This kind of love can only happen with two beings that have a pretty functional...

First posted December 19, 2016 Some years ago, I was privileged to read a manuscript that was then titled “The Future of Money.” The...

First posted December 12, 2016 What goodness have I experienced today? My Manager, Pete, let me sleep-in while he visited with his niece....

First posted November 14, 2016. Most native people have no word for spirituality. The reason is not that they have none. They most...

First posted November 7, 2016. Do we really want change? The word change is bandied about a great deal these days. Yet, what do we mean...

First posted October 20, 2016. All too often in the culture in which we have been raised, our special gifts as women have been ridiculed,...

First posted October 17, 2016. In times of political, social, and economic upheaval like those we are now going through, it is essential...

First posted December 13, 2014. Living out in the country as we do, we have fallen into the habit of keeping in touch with the world by...

First posted August 29, 2014. Women of a Certain Age I am of the decided opinion that women over eighty should be absolved of the...

Anne Wilson Schaef, Ph.D., DHL Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Honorary Doctorate in Human Letters – Kenyon College Dedication For those...