Living
Life is hard. And full. And awesome. Live it.
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Puritans: why Wall Street wasn’t occupied sooner
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3 min read
or #OccupyWallStreet and our fear of protests A favorite line over the last two weeks has been: I’m surprised this didn’t happen sooner. Of course it did, but the media doesn’t really like protests. It is surprising since the news is all about sensationalism and big displays of strangeness and upsetting the status quo. It’s…
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14 things you need to remember about birth
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5 min read
For months I’ve been jazzed about childbirth and what it means. Weird, I know. And posts from Thursday and Friday cover that area, but one thing surprised me: Not everybody even gets what happens in labor, including those that have gone through it. At first, I thought it was because I was focused on it,…
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My wife is a rock star
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4 min read
That is what I tweeted more than a month ago when my son was born. “My wife is a rock star.” I meant it. Because I witnessed a woman overcoming her fears and helping a 7 1/2 pound baby get out of her body by herself. If you haven’t witnessed childbirth, you can’t imagine…
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No More “Delivering” Babies
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3 min read
In our normal lives (in other words, outside of childbirth), the word delivery speaks of a relationship. Specifically the mail carrier delivers the mail. Or the pizza guy delivers your pizza. Or the stork delivers babies to the doorstep. Our relationship to the word ‘delivery’ is actually the relationship. Delivery isn’t so much about an…
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Too polished
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3 min read
As I wrote yesterday, I participated in an online conference called The Nines, put on by the Leadership Network. The conference was free and open to anybody. I was relatively pleased with it, and given a different set of circumstances, I would no doubt have made more of an effort to watch all nine hours.…
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The Nines: at a conference in my office
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2 min read
This morning, the free conference known as The Nines will start. For more information about it, including how to register), see my previous post. I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with some of the highlights and questions that come out of it, so check back later. 12:24 pm: I just got home a few…