What I'm Writing About
First and foremost, we experience a feeling of discomfort, a nagging sense that things are not as they should be. Given that many of us probably feel this a lot of the time, it is difficult to attach the feeling to its root cause.
Read MoreTo keep our bodies healthy, we exercise and diet, while our immune system does the rest of the work. Relationships are no different. They require constant maintenance and a healthy regime. This means consuming what’s good for the relationship and avoiding what’s not.
Read MoreWe formed an image of our partner, usually in the early stages of courtship, only to discover later that the person we saw then has vanished or never actually existed.
Read MoreThomas G. Fiffer is an author and speaker who creates viral content that changes people's lives.
The sun was shining, and the sand was warm beneath my feet. But what I heard there left me cold.
My father, Robert S. Fiffer, was a larger-than-life character, and though he lived only 48 years (of which I knew him for nine), he had an outsized influence on both the world and me.
We want to be surprised by stories, yet at the same time feel the surprise was inevitable.
Elaine hated the certainties of death and taxes as much as anyone. She avoided the former for 91 years (passing on in 2015) and railed about the latter for much of that time.
The summer after my father died my mother did something bold and adventurous—she took me on an African safari.
Like many children, I held the adorable (then) and naive (now) belief that I could change the world—if only I could run the show.
We all experience power lines in our interactions with partners, family, colleagues, and friends. After you've been shocked by one of these, dazed momentarily by the lightning strike, take some time to recover and reflect.