Badass Red Riding Hood

The No-Barista Cafe: A fictional short-short story

Working Dog: A fictional short-short story

A Retiree, Episode 2: SCORE: A fictional short-short story

The Cobbler: A fictional short-short story

My Cafe: A fictional short-short story

Adult, Should You Run a Lemonade Stand?

Self-Employment Choices

Good Deed: A short-short story

My Self-Employment Secrets

The Not-Just-a-Business Cafe: a short-short story

How to Start a Business, for example, a cafe

My Fair Lady: Episode 3 of Odd Man Out, short-short stories

Selling My Million-Dollar Business: A short-short story

Forced into Self-Employment: A mock career counseling session

Unsuccessful in the workplace, a person feels she must start her own business. My PsychologyToday.com article presents a mock career counseling session that amalgamates many elements from my real-world clients who have contemplated or actually started a small business.

Need an Idea for a Business to Start?

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer a few of my favorite ideas for businesses to start.

The Un-MBA

I have helped many clients to become successfully self-employed. I see such a discordance between the principles of starting and running a business taught in business school and what I've seen work in the real world.

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I explain why core principles taught in MBA programs usually don't work in the real world...and what does. 

Countering Sad Business Owner Syndrome

It's getting ever tougher for the small business owner to succeed. As a result, I'm seeing a growing number of clients that suffer from what I call Sad Business Owner Syndrome. I attempt to offer help in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Stories of Seclusion: Freddie the Falafel Fella

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Freddie the Falafel Fella. His story presents one of the myriad ways people can find contentment with a minimal social life.