July 1, 2021
Dear friend, Let’s say you made a terrible financial decision, or jumped a red light and totaled your car, or neglected a lump and now face grueling chemo. How do you recover? You can try gratitude, perhaps grateful I didn’t lose it all, have insurance that will replace my car, and have a...
READ MOREJune 24, 2021
Dear friend,Do we have specific taste buds for pure water? Scientists disagree. Some believe that water has no natural taste. Like the quiet of vacuum is to the ears or darkness of the other side of the moon is to the eyes, the taste of water is null. Other scientists posit that drinking water activates unique brain areas. No matter its innate taste,....
READ MOREJune 17, 2021
Dear friend,Take a bag of popcorn kernels and heat it in the microwave oven for two and a half minutes. About 95 percent of the grains pop, but at the bottom remain the hard and unyielding 5 percent. You decide to heat the bag for another 30 seconds. The remaining 5 percent also pop, but what happens....
READ MOREMinnesotans celebrate the first snow and the seventh, but not when it snows on the 4th of July. Recently, my goldendoodle puppy, Simba taught me an important lesson about going with the flow. I was worried Simba won’t find enough grass in deep winter.
READ MOREResilient Option is a digital version of Dr. Sood's Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program.