Fathers: The Time To Empower Your Family is Now
People wonder what they can do to decrease the tumult in the world today. I offer only this: That we rededicate ourselves to the ideal of giving to our children as a means of creating more love.
Peter Himmelman
Why Are You Carrying Your Pain?
Too many of us think that pain and anger are an essential part of us; as if setting them down would feel like losing a limb. But we’re wrong.
It Takes a Badass To Have An Open Heart
What a tough guy taught Peter Himmelman about how to bring true love.
Lost And Found: Living In The Extreme Present
When Peter Himmelman thought he lost his tortoise, he fell into deep contemplation. When he rediscovered his pet, he was brought into a place of “extreme presence.” Here’s what that means, and why it matters.
Requiem For A Tortoise And A Troubled World
Peter Himmelman wonders why he cares more about the death of his pet tortoise than tragedies that are happening to humans all over the world.
What’s Natural Isn’t Always What’s Right
After hearing some horrible news recently, Peter Himmelman was overwhelmed with the desire to kill… and hidden in that desire was a deep lesson about what is actually “right” when it comes to morality.
The Delicate Indestructibility Of Love
What does it really mean to be in love? Answers from observing an elderly couple who lived it right in front of me.
What Wounded Veterans Taught Me About True Heroism
How a recent visit by Peter Himmelman to a group of wounded veterans helped him discovered a bravery that went far beyond the kind we are used to celebrating.
Moving Toward A Qualitative Life
How to move past a life that is measured by numbers and into one that is celebrated through depth.