Dr. Carolyn Coon

Everyone has pet peeves but there are some things that zoom up to the top of my list quite easily. Example: in the check-out lane at your favorite grocery store, they also give you coupons to entice you back into the store later. Typically it is a limited time offer but what is truly irritating […]

What do you do, Cosmic Reader, when you disappoint yourself? Promise yourself never to do/say ‘that’ again? Try to make amends, if possible? Correct your words/actions by overcompensating? Apologize? All of the above? More? I know that I really get disgusted with myself and disappointed when I am the originator of the above behavior. The

I really intensely dislike dirt but I seem to function quite nicely in clutter. Clutter keeps those items you just might need only a hand away. Then again, I’m talking about organized clutter and that is not an oxymoron.I would never be able to endure an entire house or apartment cluttered, I’m talking about one

Bottom line: you can never accept another’s valuing of you until you know, understand, and accept your self – yes, with all the negatives but also with all the positives.Self worth, especially for those with low self esteem, is a difficult act. Not the least of reasons being that it flies in the face of

I just recently read that those born before the “Boomer” Generation were the “Silent” Generation. Have no idea who decided on that title, but I don’t think so. We could be called the Purpose-Driven or Purposed generation, but we are hardly silent. And exactly how many years constitutes a generation? It seems to change constantly.People

I’m a firm believer that a good hearty laugh a day is critical to good mental health… at least to keeping your funny bone happy. But… do you know what makes you laugh?Personally I’m not particularly fond of slapstick, unless it’s underplayed and short. Some performers do this to perfection but mostly it’s done ‘over

If you were to meet you, would you like you? Do you think you’d trust you? If you were in a place where you needed assistance, would you ask you for help? If you were going to celebrate something significant in your life, would you ask you to participate?All the answers to those questions relate

I’m a firm believer in 2nd chances… and sometimes even 3rd. Since we all do/say things we wished we hadn’t, we all need that opportunity ‘to make amends’/correct /change…In some respects one could look on 2nd/3rd chances as ‘apology accepted’ since most of the time it is because it was allowed by someone else. Another

Dad always liked to say that it didn’t cost you any more to dream big than it did to dream small. I have no idea if he was quoting someone else or this was original with him. Regardless, this is true. Dreams have little to do with what’s ‘realistic’ and everything to do with one’s

So??? What kind of hope is in you? Notice I didn’t ask the content – what you are hoping for – I’m talking about type. Does your hope look more like ‘wishes’ or more like faith? Hope is one of those words that is bandied about, like love, but rarely defined. So, Cosmic Reader, how