I have been broken a few times in my life - that moment when you or your life seems f&%#ed. For me it happened over and over with each of my arrests as a teenager when I found myself, once again, riding in the back seat of a cop
on the topic of seeing and believing in others, and how the skill of being able to really listen well is so foundational to the ability to create trust, understanding, and a deeper connection with others. You may be nodding your head and thinking - "yeah, yeah, yeah, I'
complaining. I grew up in a poor and chaotic alcohol-laden world loaded with complaining from my wonderful "step-father" who sat at our cheap Formica kitchen table with his whisky highball and bitched about everything, including how I was always "eating us out of house and
my daughter Maya, who lives in Los Angeles. We talk almost every day, and on this day, when I called, she was shopping at a Whole Foods store. I love to cook, and so does Maya, and we have spent many hours in the kitchen together creating great meals. One