Life Is a Trip

Boredom

I Changed My Posture and Changed My Life

Judith Fein on April 23, 2024

A Personal Perspective: I’ve always had bad posture. Here’s what happened when I tried to change that.

A Personal Perspective: I’ve always had bad posture. Here’s what happened when I tried to change that.

Confidence

What Slow Travel Is and Why You Should Try It

Judith Fein on March 25, 2024

A Personal Perspective: When you do slow travel, your experiences become deeper, more meaningful, and exciting.

A Personal Perspective: When you do slow travel, your experiences become deeper, more meaningful, and exciting.

Social Life

Why Should You Try Food Truck Travel?

Judith Fein on February 21, 2024

A Personal Perspective: Can’t travel? Longing for a getaway? It may be as easy as traveling to a food truck.

A Personal Perspective: Can’t travel? Longing for a getaway? It may be as easy as traveling to a food truck.

Stress

Finding the Metaphor for My Suffering

Judith Fein on January 18, 2024

A Personal Perspective: When I broke my back, two metaphors helped me understand what had happened.

A Personal Perspective: When I broke my back, two metaphors helped me understand what had happened.

Education

Learning to Do Nothing

Judith Fein on January 2, 2024

A Personal Perspective: My broken back is a teacher.

A Personal Perspective: My broken back is a teacher.

Anger

An Experience in Diffusing Violence

Judith Fein on December 12, 2023

A Personal Perspective: What happened when I was confronted by threatening road rage.

A Personal Perspective: What happened when I was confronted by threatening road rage.

Stress

Why Are Moving and Downsizing So Stressful?

Judith Fein on November 7, 2023

A Personal Perspective: How I emotionally detached from my art collection.

A Personal Perspective: How I emotionally detached from my art collection.

Relationships

Grieving for a Love You Have Lost

Judith Fein on August 9, 2023

An opera tackles the pain a survivor feels when a loved one dies.

An opera tackles the pain a survivor feels when a loved one dies.

Identity

An Opera Explores What to Do When You're Unhappy With Your Identity

Judith Fein on July 31, 2023

The opera "Rusalka" explores the risks and rewards of changing your identity.

The opera "Rusalka" explores the risks and rewards of changing your identity.

Relationships

Are You Afraid of Darkness?

Judith Fein on July 24, 2023

An opera that is staged as a multiverse where characters are lost, doomed, and unhappy may actually offer a safe space to feel all your feelings as a spectator.

An opera that is staged as a multiverse where characters are lost, doomed, and unhappy may actually offer a safe space to feel all your feelings as a spectator.

Relationships

What We Can Learn About Obsessive Love From "The Flying Dutchman"

Judith Fein on July 11, 2023

Richard Wagner's famous opera "The Flying Dutchman" holds up a mirror to obsession, self-sacrifice, and love itself.

Richard Wagner's famous opera "The Flying Dutchman" holds up a mirror to obsession, self-sacrifice, and love itself.

Relationships

What We Can Learn From the Famed Opera "Tosca"

Judith Fein on July 3, 2023

What we can learn about our own style of love from Puccini's famous opera "Tosca."

What we can learn about our own style of love from Puccini's famous opera "Tosca."

Relationships

A Better Alternative to Gossiping

Judith Fein on June 8, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Why gossiping can hurt both people involved.

A Personal Perspective: Why gossiping can hurt both people involved.

Relationships

Should You Ask Someone Where They Come From?

Judith Fein on May 3, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Things to consider before you ask people about their origins.

A Personal Perspective: Things to consider before you ask people about their origins.

Therapy

Swap Meet or Flea Market "Therapy"?

Judith Fein on April 18, 2023

Why are so many people going to flea markets? The answer may surprise you.

Why are so many people going to flea markets? The answer may surprise you.

Humor

How Do You Want to Be Remembered?

Judith Fein on March 7, 2023

A Personal Perspective: This question may inspire you to be your best self.

A Personal Perspective: This question may inspire you to be your best self.

Friends

Should Someone Be Idealized After They Die?

Judith Fein on February 23, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Exploring whether to tell the truth about people after they die.

A Personal Perspective: Exploring whether to tell the truth about people after they die.

Creativity

Why It's Important to Visit Ruins of Other Cultures

Judith Fein on January 30, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Do you think most ruins are just piles of stones? They may actually enhance the quality of your life.

A Personal Perspective: Do you think most ruins are just piles of stones? They may actually enhance the quality of your life.

Stress

Stretch Your Body, Stretch Your Mind

Judith Fein on November 10, 2022

A Personal Perspective: The wellness benefits of assisted stretching.

A Personal Perspective: The wellness benefits of assisted stretching.

Education

What Gives Life Meaning?

Judith Fein on November 3, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Here's what people say around the world.

A Personal Perspective: Here's what people say around the world.