Author: mariaschmid

This year’s Halloween allowed me a new glimpse into my children’s worlds. I always appreciated Halloween as a time to reflect on death […]

In the back-to-school conversations I’ve been having with many people, I find myself speaking about how a sense of urgency interferes with […]

You might have heard me say that a secret to life’s happiness is in the anticipation.  Let me share what this means and […]

You know what it’s like coming back to work after taking a long break; all the adjustments that come with that?  You […]

I love ideas that make us take a second look and here is one where our happiness may be geometrical?! ​ Do […]

It’s almost April, three months since the start of 2022!  How time flies!  Where does the time go? One way time escapes […]

Back in my undergraduate days in sociology, I remember studying the function of the news.  In its simplicity, the purpose of news […]

I thought it was clever when a colleague of mine, Dr. Houyan sent a wish at the start of the year to […]

As you prepare for the holidays and the parties, snacks, and drinks that are synonymous with this time of year, I’d like […]

We are shaped by the social and physical environments in which we live. And by examining how this idea has played out […]