Have you ever had a moment when you knew you were being the best "self" you could be? How about the opposite, when you knew you were somehow presenting to those around you, in that particular moment, the worst of your "self"? Authenticity. Being "authentic" is not just the craze; it's the litmus test …
17 Steps to Beating Resistance
Keeping the themes of "The War of Art" (by Stephen Pressfield) going one more day, let me ask you this: how did the battle with Resistance go today? Here's how it went for me, and the 17 steps I took (or that I felt myself taking? Or that someone gave me the strength take? Or...) …
Impressions on a Fat Tuesday
Roy Orbison sings "Pretty Woman" as the man by the window, white earplugs delivering his preferred white noise, ruffles the paper, sets it down, and stands up to leave, almost as if he can feel me observing, writing about him. A buddy and he walk out the door, into the rain, calling back over their …
“Tell It To Him”
I watched about 40 minutes of the presidential debate last night and walked away shaking my head over the state of discourse and the odd role of media. Seems to me the differences in the candidates are pretty large and become pretty clear the more you hear them talk about what's important to them and …
Twenty Years
Twenty years ago today, my father died. Jimmy Joe Berryman died of leukemia on July 23rd, 1988, one month before my first child was born. Amy will be twenty on August 26th. This will not be a long remembrance, but I should at least say that Dad has traveled with me a lot over the …
JEFF BERRYMAN 