“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” ~ Nelson Mandela You should not make decisions based on fear. Instead, you should make decisions based on what you hope the outcome would be so that you’ll never regret the… Read More »Quote: Choices
Today is the ‘Just Ask Doris‘ event on Instagram. Below I answer a few questions that I received. Miss the event? Make sure to mark your calendars so you’ll be ready to submit your questions for the next event on October… Read More »Just Ask Doris: September Q&A
My book, ‘Hold on please, Emily,’ discusses several difficult topics that families typically hide away from until they are directly impacted due to the loss of a family member. I’m not saying that there will be a point in time… Read More »Youth response to difficult topics
Music is an incredible way to connect with youth and at my ‘Author Talk‘ I prepared an activity where I played the first minute of each song from the ‘Songs of Hope‘ novel soundtrack and the students a series of… Read More »Songs of Hope for youth
Today I watched the 9/11 musical ‘Come From Away’ which tells the tale of the events in New York City’s Twin Towers from September 2001. This year is the 20th anniversary of this tragic event in American history. I still… Read More »20 years since 9/11
Back in March, I spoke briefly about superpowers using a quote from Spider-Man. That quote was when Uncle Ben tells Peter Parker that “with great power comes great responsibility.” At the time I heard this quote, it didn’t have much… Read More »What Spider-Man teaches us
What are the benefits of sharing these difficult topics with youth: To build the next generation that is more educated and grounded in whatever life throws at them. To help them become adept at handling these situations when faced in… Read More »Why tell the truth to youth
Today is my son’s first day of school and with school resuming this month, this also means the opportunity to resume my ‘Author Talks’ with youth. To celebrate the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, I will be posting a… Read More »Back to School
Courtney Burnett’s ‘Difficult Gifts,’ explains how sometimes, suffering can open a door to happiness, and through dying, you can learn to fully live. This book was a very inspirational read that speaks about Courtney’s time in Thailand where she was… Read More »Difficult Gifts with Courtney Burnett
I first watched Aamir Khan in ‘3 Idiots‘ who did an excellent job acting in that film, so I discovered that he’s actually a big star in India and this film, ‘taare zameen par’ (translated to ‘Like Stars on Earth,… Read More »Movie Review: Like Stars on Earth, Every Child is Special