With the tenth anniversary of 9/11, many folks are reflecting on the events of those days. When the 9/11 attack hit, my family and I were in shock. We watched in horror with the nation as events unfolded.  And ended up turning the TV news off.  It was too stressful.  The local news was worse.  It either was preempted by the national events or focused on the possibilities of terror attacks locally. Not helpful. Now a new study shows that watching the 9/11 attacks live in 2001 increased stress.  No surprise, right? Although it is interesting to see the medical literature studying this earnestly. ... (Read More ...)

  Play AudioPlay Video Do you remember when? Each generation seems to have an event that changed everything.  My parents spoke about Pearl Harbor.  Everyone in their generation knew where they were when they heard the news.  Some of my older colleagues spoke about the assassination of President Kennedy the same way.  Both were events that shattered their respective generations’ feelings of safety. Just like the Challenger disaster shattered the feeling of safety in space in the early 1980s. And more recently the 9/11 attack in 2001. When attacked, crafters have always been part... (Read More ...)