Vulnerability Posts

Nov. 8, 2026

You Gotta Be Tough!

I'm mostly happy to be a product of my generation. The mid 20th century was a time of enormous energy and the genesis season of some transformations that are reshaping the world still today. But there were also parts of the cultural norm playbook of…
Sept. 28, 2026

Know Thyself

In this most recent episode of Exploracast, Ray Daughtery talked about some of the signs one might look for when considering risk for developing alcohol/drug abuse and addiction. Among many other things, he talked about response to using the substan…
Aug. 29, 2026

In Praise of Science and Research

I know that I have mentioned several times in our podcast that I was diagnosed with leukemia several years ago. Some might think I overshare, but I believe in and want to model the idea that despite how men are cultured to keep personal and emotiona…
Aug. 15, 2026

Living Small

I’ve lived much of my life in fear.  Not so much of spiders or snakes, heights or the monster under the bed…..although I do remember a time when I started to realize that the monster wasn’t under the bed but was living in my head.   The fear tha…