Life Is a Trip

Relationships

Sometimes, Love Is Just What We Do

Judith Fein on August 29, 2024

How to accept someone's love for you even when you don't think you deserve it.

Narcissism

Two Narcissists Reveal Themselves at the Santa Fe Opera

Judith Fein on August 19, 2024

What happens to women who are sucked into an unhealthy relationship with a narcissist? Two operas depict the outcomes.

Relationships

2 Operas Explore Different Ways of Loving

Judith Fein on August 2, 2024

Two famous operas deal with styles of love. Are both of them excessive?

Self-Help

What to Do When You Have a Major Setback

Judith Fein on June 19, 2024

A Personal Perspective: One woman’s way of getting through a setback.

Stress

How I Learned to Not Take Myself So Seriously

Judith Fein on May 30, 2024

A Personal Perspective: How to turn fear of exposure and anxiety into fun.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Education

Learning to Do Nothing

Judith Fein on January 2, 2024

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

Relationships

A Better Alternative to Gossiping

Judith Fein on June 8, 2023

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.

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.