Holiday Season 2023 — Key to Health on Earth and Beyond
Being fit comes in many shapes. We can be fit for duty, fit for work, fit of mind, and fit of body. While each of these fitness factors is important and are mutually supportive, there is one form of fitness that studies show is key to lasting health, longevity, and...
Leadership Lessons from Guinan Aboard the USS Enterprise – What the Bartender Really Serves in the Ten Forward Lounge
On StarTrek’s Next Generation, the Starship USS Enterprise-D sports a unique bar that has an equally uncommon bartender. The Ten Forward is a lounge on the tenth deck of the Enterprise commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) who leads its intergalactic...
Behind the Helmet
It is almost Halloween. Halloween, a time when we express admiration for our heroes by wearing costumes that look like them. Children in my neighborhood often dress as space characters, robots, and (my personal favorite) astronauts. Of course, the littlest astronauts...
What Will Life Be Like in 2062? The Jetsons Show Us Who Will Be Essential
Feeling nostalgic, I recently flipped through the channels to watch an old childhood cartoon favorite, The Jetsons. Afterward I saw it from a new perspective. In 1962 Hanna-Babera animators had created a new entertainment to portray space age life in the year 2062....
Finding Yoda – in Unexpected Forms, In Unexpected Places
Yoda is an iconic figure in Star Wars movies. He is a beloved character with a distinctive appearance and voice. But most importantly he is very wise. I have discovered that there are real Yodas who dwell among us. One can’t help to be captivated by Yoda in the...
Isolation , Loss, Grieving & Strategies to Cope
Alone. Another deep breath. My glasses fog again. A tear headache follows. Focus: How long has it been? Not long. Not according to the calendar. Everyone is doing okay, I’m sure. Me? ‘Yes, all good,’ I practice just in case. The cell phone rings. I reach out --...
Why We Go to Space
[image credit: NASA] When we see our home from space, we love it all the more, and want to take care of it. In space we get perspective. We need to leave home and look back at it. Then we know how precious it is.
The Heroes’ Dilemma: Is It Yours Too?
The Tokyo Olympics provide golden moments where the best get to wear the prized gold medallion and stand on center stage of the platform to receive it. This is how we honor greatness. What we overlook is the heroes’ dilemma; if not remedied, it could be their most...
Marvel Heroes: What They Stand For, What They Teach Us
Earth rising over the Moon is an iconic image snapped by the Apollo 8 crew. It was the first time we looked at our world and saw who we really are: a small world where life is fragile and uncertain, and we are all floating as one. How do we face a world of...