Author - markhatwood

I was recently taken by a quote from Deepak Chopra in which he simply said ‘Be happy for no reason’. On the surface it sounds so simple but it had me...

I recently came to a crossroads in my life. Someone addressed me in a way I found disrespectful, but it was my reaction to that email that surprised...

It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times. Charles Dickens’ quote from A Tale of Two Cities couldn’t be more apt at this juncture...

I was recently reading about Bravemind’s interesting posttraumatic stress therapy. By using virtual reality, soldiers, under the care of qualified...

Friendships can be the most delicate of things. Some are fleeting and some are lifelong, but none come without disappointments as well as highs. The...

After spending 7 years helping my American Indian friend change other’s lives back in Berlin, one of the most common questions I was asked by the...

It always surprises me how often we unknowingly give our own power away, mistakenly thinking we’re victims of another’s choices. I recently read a...

I’m surprised by how often two seemingly opposite truths can be simultaneously true. For example, I was always told that women can endure more pain...

I was sitting de-ticking my dog the other day and it occurred to me that these little blighters are a perfect analogy for all issues we have in our...

I find it interesting how easy it is to draw misconceived interpretations from a situation. A friend recently ranted on social media about how...