When Robb Pollard stood at the Playa del Rey breakwater before sunrise on April 27, the Pacific Ocean behind him and 2,500 miles of road ahead, he wasn’t thinking about publicity or raising money. He was thinking about survival. The Playa del Rey resident had just...
Opinion: Meet Susan* a 58-year-old client. She played volleyball in high school and was somewhat athletic. When she went to college, sports were mostly off the radar, although she would jog for weight management and take exercise classes at the student center. She...
Opinion: For this month’s column, I am responding to a reader’s question that likely resonates with many families: “My husband and I both value our kids’ involvement in sports, but we disagree on how much to push them and how much to sacrifice for the sake of kids’...
Meet John O’Brien: Playa del Rey native. Retired U.S. soccer star! At 16, he left for AFC Ajax’s renowned academy, rising to its first team, winning the Dutch League and Cup, and became the first American to play in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. For the...
Summer fun at LMU: Shakespeare on the Bluff & Movie Nights Various dates | 8 p.m. LMU’s popular Shakespeare on the Bluff series kicks off on June 11, 12 and 13 with three performances of “The Comedy of Errors,” directed by lacy Hornick. Then stop by the university...
Opinion: Hello, community. Nice to be with you again. A reader posed a question that may resonate with many of us: “How do you actually put the past behind you and not keep revisiting the same issues or traumas? Once you’ve done the work, how can you...
Opinion: In 1964, Paul McCartney woke from a dream and immediately composed the melody to “Yesterday.” The melody was so clear in his mind that he figured he must have heard it from another artist and simply remembered it in his dream. After searching for...
You know the feeling. You wake up, start going through your day, but somewhere in the back of your mind the thought keeps returning: something needs to change. But you’re not changing it. You’re doing the dishes, answering emails, watching one more episode, scrolling...
By Ann O’Brien Opinion: At a recent family dinner, my teenage son drolly quipped, “Why are old people so afraid of AI?” (He also likes to remind me that “old” includes anyone born “way back in the 1900s.”) His comment made me smile–and pause. Today’s teens will...
Opinion: This month, I’m choosing to write about narcissism. After last month’s column on managing politics and the news cycle, a reader asked (paraphrased): Is a rise in narcissism a core reason for the increasing social and...