by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Sep 12, 2024 | Personal Stories
Two months ago, a friend of mine was laid off after 20 years of employment at a company with a national presence. Not only did he perform his job well, but he was the top sales producer in the country. To say he was shocked would be the understatement of the century...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jun 12, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Meditation for the Mind, Personal Stories
Recently, a hypothetical question was posed to women on social media: Would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear? Although there was no unanimous answer, most of the women on sites like TikTok, Instagram and X responded they’d prefer to be alone with...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | May 17, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Personal Stories
Lots of things come to mind when I think of the month of May. Everything from May Day to Cinco de Mayo to Mother’s Day to Memorial Day. Yet, for the past 17 years, the first thing that comes to mind is my son’s birthday, May 8. My second thought is that he made me a...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Feb 16, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Disciplined Decisions, Personal Stories
One of my three yet-to-be published novels, simply titled A.I., is sitting—or rather rotting—in my computer, written three years ago when I was inspired by the thought of whether artificially intelligent creatures could mingle successfully with human society. Although...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jan 19, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Meditation for the Mind, Personal Stories, Writing Inspiration
Like most of you, I am ambivalent about social media. Most of the time it’s a love/hate relationship with both sides swinging wildly to the extremes. At its worst, social media can be an abyss of vile hatred perpetrated by ideologs of all stripes and aimed at complete...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Dec 12, 2023 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Gratitude, Meditation for the Mind, Personal Stories, Positive Perspective
The 18th anniversary of my father’s passing occurred last week, bringing up a lot of memories. Happy, sad and humorous. My dad was highly intelligent, sensitive, creative as well as extremely funny. Deadpan funny at times. Irreverently funny. Like the time he called...
