Monday Morning Mojo

Last Monday, three leaders of the Grand Challenge to eliminate the stigma around mental health and substance use disorders spoke at the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco national convention. I had the good fortune to be in the front row. In the picture from left to right are Saul Levin (at the podium), CEO […]

What’s better than taking your daughter to Holi? Not much! Holi is the Hindu celebration of spring and the love between Radha and Krishna, two hearts destined to share a beauty that cannot be measured. Splashing each other with color is at the core of the event. At Holi yesterday, hundreds of people spread the

We picked up our new friend Saturday morning, Divya. The name means divine in Hindi. And it now feels like our pack has assembled. Divya and Kaya love playing together. Kaya has shared her favorite toy, and there has been more than one tug-of-war with different victors emerging. Kaya has always been obedient, but there’s

We decided to add another dog to our pack a week ago, and we think we found the little tyke. Her mother was a stray who gave birth in an animal shelter in Georgia. Three days later, the entire litter was transported to Virginia, coordinated through one of many rescue operations serving the Washington, DC,

Ohhhh, Monday Morning Mojo slipped this week! But today’s issue is no less potent — an opportunity to lift the energy and deliver results this week! BIG decision at my house this last weekend to bring a second dog into our family. It will be a rescue, and my daughter, Ruchi, who turns 20 this

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles started performing in 1955, four years before I was born. Today Smokey is 83 and as you can see above he has a concert scheduled this June. He is releasing his next album, Gasms, in just eleven days, on April 28. My best friend is 92. We talk regularly. He

One of the wonderful things about living near Washington, DC, is the cherry blossoms. The first cherry trees were planted in DC in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the people of the United States from the people of Japan. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of spring, a time of renewal, and the

I’ve got some thrilling news to share! I’m currently knee-deep in the creation of my fifth book, it’s all about tackling Grand Challenges head-on. I’ve been mulling over the best way to share this groundbreaking content with the world…

Back from a 2-day workshop in Miami-Dade to study their highly esteemed criminal mental health program and Ft Lauderdale, where the first mental health court in America was established and is still being run by Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren. Both are “diversion” programs, pulling people with serious mental illness from the criminal justice system to provide