Mary O’Malley – Cranky, cranky, cranky! I had a full day, I wasn’t feeling well, and I just received upsetting news from my insurance company. How many of us have lived way too many days like this, where it seems the only sane response is to be cranky.

If you watch carefully you can learn a lot by watching the state of mind we describe as crankiness. It usually shows up when things aren’t the way we want them to be. It comes from an underlying feeling of vulnerability and impotence that we all carry, which comes to the surface when traffic is at a standstill, or you are in a rush and the line at Starbucks is out the door, or your partner has done something that you specifically asked them not to do, or the checkbook doesn’t balance no matter how many times you try. Continue reading →