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Short stories from my life that have helped me. I hope they help you too! Since the release of my self-help memoir in 2023, a number of people have asked: what is next? These stories are the initial outcome to that question. Perhaps one day they will end up as an appendices in an updated version of Yourself or Someone Like You. In the meantime...enjoy! The Barrels [On the impact of negative people in a group] Here is a (necessarily graphic) representation of the impact of neg

Short stories from my life that have helped me. I hope they help you too! Since the release of my self-help memoir in 2023, a number of people have asked: what is next? These stories are the initial outcome to that question. Perhaps one day they will end up as an appendices in an updated version of Yourself or Someone Like You. In the meantime...enjoy! Congratulations! [on breaking up] In the days and weeks following the discovery of my wife’s betrayal, I decided to address t

Short stories from my life that have helped me. I hope they help you too! Since the release of my self-help memoir in 2023, a number of people have asked: what is next? These stories are the initial outcome to that question. Perhaps one day they will end up as an appendices in an updated version of Yourself or Someone Like You. In the meantime...enjoy! Old Shoes [on relationships and moving on] During the months after the car accident, I began seeing a girl. Soon after the ho

Short stories from my life that have helped me. I hope they help you too! Since the release of my self-help memoir in 2023, a number of people have asked: what is next? These stories are the initial outcome to that question. Perhaps one day they will end up as an appendices in an updated version of Yourself or Someone Like You. In the meantime...enjoy! The Nurse and the Dancer [on living your life] Many years ago, on the encouragement and influence of her friends and family,

Short stories from my life that have helped me. I hope they help you too! Since the release of my self-help memoir in 2023, a number of people have asked: what is next? These stories are the initial outcome to that question. Perhaps one day they will end up as an appendices in an updated version of Yourself or Someone Like You. In the meantime...enjoy! The Bucket [On the other person’s struggles] I worked as a Project Manager on a large local government project over the summe