Some cool announcements here…
First off - this weeks Substack is a compilation of audio recordings from all my previous articles…that’s 14 to date. If you haven’t had time to read them, now you can easily listen to all of them right here.
Or, if you click the orange title of each Substack, it will take you to the original article, with newly embedded audio, where you can read, listen and look at the pictures.
Now, for my second announcement - My Substack referral program is now live!
I need your help to build my Substack community. Word of mouth has always been the best way to grow, so, if you like the content I’m writing, you can now help by sending out referrals to friends and family! As a thank you and bonus, you’ll earn a 1, 3 or 6 month of a paid subscription, which gives you access to every article. Currently, free subscriptions get access to weekly articles and the last 5 weeks of posts.
If you’re already a paid subscriber, the bonus paid subscription will be applied at the end of your current billing period! Thank you for your support!! Refer friends here:
Last but not least, this week’s Substack is dedicated to my daughter, Adara, who’s a busy soccer mom and head of a nursing department at a hospital, and well, she hasn’t had time to read ANY of these Substacks and she feels just awful about it, but not awful enough to read them. LOL. So, this is for you Adarable, 14 recordings in your mom’s voice, reading to you as you drive back and forth to work. I love you!
Audio: The Function of a Question
How can you tell if a question needs to be answered - OR - if the question is designed to stall you to find out if you’re easy prey?
Audio: Negotiating with a Crazy Person
My life in 1985 and my three-week stint guarding a stockpile of weapons for a government conspiracy nut.
Audio: Recognizing Fear
REAL FEAR shows up for people in a variety of emotions. Learning to recognize fear and how it shows up in my body, was my first step in being able to predict violence. Inside is a list of signals your body gives you when you’re experiencing real fear - from the book The Gift of Fear, by Gavin de Becker.
Audio: Discerning Instinct from Anxiety
The discerning instinct and anxiety doesn’t need to be complicated; one is a visceral experience and the other is a cognitive process
Audio: Adaptation: Normalizing the Abnormal / or the children of The Troubles
My life in the 1970’s in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and how, as a child, I learned to normalize the armed guard at the grocery store.
Audio: Teach your children to Talk to Strangers
Why shouldn’t we tell children to go to the police for help? And what is the misleading message we’re giving children when we tell them not to talk to strangers? Lastly, a story from Northern Ireland and the stranger who helped me and my brother.
Audio: My Steel Wall
My first experience recognizing my instincts in the moment, and then how I rationalized them away.
Audio: A Jay Walker Prom
A funny story about going to a punk 80’s prom in a pink princess dress and learning that lobsters come in shells.
Audio: Property of Scott / Or Not
Another Alaska story that discusses alcoholism, ownership in relationships and Kahlil Gibran’s poem On Children.
Audio: Who Am I Actually?
My awakening to Who I Am and two stories that triggered an identity crisis.
Audio: A Clue in the Prayer of Saint Francis
In my prayer and meditation practice, I happened upon some clues in the Prayer of Saint Francis. (Interesting aside - Saint Francis of Assisi, didn’t write this famous prayer)
Audio: The Oath of Unconditional Love
My search for What is Unconditional Love was answered in a class taught by the phenomenal Stewart Stern.
Audio: My Spontaneous Shift in Pitch
In a recent revelation, my life long struggle to sing on key miraculously resolves itself.
Audio: When were the good old days?
An introduction for the Substack article by Experimental History called The illusion of Moral Decline by Adam Mastroianni. Note: you can go to my Substack to hear the audio of the article (click link above) or go directly to The illusion of moral decline at Experimental History.