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Jan 10, 2021
Popow ... A life worth living
When you see a tree I want you to remember a hero by the name of John Wittrig, your Popow. You may think you never met him, but the truth...
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WEquil
Oct 25, 2020
Regrets of the Dying
By Aila and Sumay Nobody likes to think about death. But it’s going to happen to everyone and we might as well know it’s going to happen...
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Aila McPhail
Aug 28, 2020
The Hamburger Model
by Aila Hello! Today I will be talking about Positive Psychology and we will talk about three things: what is the Hamburger Model and who...
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Aila McPhail
May 8, 2020
Positive Psychology
Hello! Thank you for coming to read Positive Psychology 101! Positive psychology is the study of human happiness. In this post we share...
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Joseph McPhail
Mar 22, 2020
On god and Kids ...
My wife and I met at church in Ames Iowa. We had seen each other before, but she didn't take interest in me until she saw me taking notes...
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WEquil
Sep 2, 2019
Why we are building the #GirlsHealthApp
By a father of two girls that loves and hates social media... We created our own entrepreneurship summer camp for our daughters this...
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Joseph McPhail
Jul 4, 2019
Marriage hack - changing utility functions
Hello Friends and Family! I want to share an interesting insight Lihong Lu McPhail and I had last night about marriage. In short, when we...
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Joseph McPhail
Jun 24, 2019
John Gottman's Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - A Summary
Dr John Gottman is a leading expert in what makes marriages succeed and fail. After just five minutes in his "Love Lab" he has been able...
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WEquil
Jun 23, 2019
We Grow Me
Here is the somewhat embarrassing backstory of WeGrowMe. Embarrassing, but probably not all that uncommon. Our story illustrates a key...
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WEquil
Jun 21, 2019
Learn from Successful Entrepreneurs
Lihong and I love learning from entrepreneurs and angel investors. They are as close as one can get to seeing the future before it...
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Joseph McPhail
Jun 21, 2019
Universal Principles
This post is about the common values we seem to share with the vast majority of Americans. We don't belong to a political party. We don't...
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Sumay McPhail
Jun 21, 2019
Meditation ... a younger perspective
Sumay published this article in February 2019. Four years ago I started meditating. When I had trouble sleeping I would sit up and focus...
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WEquil
Jun 21, 2019
How to Win Friends and Influence People
By Sumay and Aila Dale Carnegie wrote a masterpiece with, "How to Win Friends and Influence People", but many skip over it because of the...
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WEquil
Jun 21, 2019
Symphony...the source of happiness
What was the happiest moment of your life? That’s how we kicked off tonight’s Sangha and it took us to some magical places. Sumay jumped...
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Joseph McPhail
Jun 21, 2019
Betty Wittrig (Momow)
Dear Future Grandkids, Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Momow. Like all fairies she was magical, but Momow was special...
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Sumay McPhail
Jun 21, 2019
Lies we tell kids
By Sumay I took my title from an article my Dad showed me by Paul Graham. It's a good article. Not many nine years olds have probably...
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WEquil
Jun 21, 2019
Gender Stereotypes from the Classic Book: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
When we wrote this we had no idea the word gender would become taboo...
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Joseph McPhail
Jun 21, 2019
Ultimate Currency
This is a slightly revised letter we wrote to Sumay after she confided that she would have liked a "bigger house, like some of her...
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