Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Science is a means to an end. Good science provides useful guidance for how we may best conduct our lives. It does so by following the evidence to build a knowledge base organized into theories, which are in effect maps of the terrain. A good theory, like a good map, tells you what you’re seeing around you. It also allows for accurate prediction. If you take road A and turn right at distance B, you’ll arrive at destination C. If you mix substance A with substance B, you’ll get chemical reaction C. If you launch object A at velocity B…

I want to ask you a question: Do you think the choices you make today will have any impact on your future? If we stop to think about it, most of us would say, “Yes, of course.” But we don’t actually live that way. We tend to view our days as a series of isolated events—a mishmash of choices that seem totally inconsequential in the moment. We choose what to eat, what to watch, or how to react to a spouse, assuming these small moments vanish as soon as they pass. But what if we changed our perspective? What if…

IDW’s ACCLAIMED COMIC ‘THE EXORCISM AT 1600 PENN’ CREATED BY HANNAH ROSE MAY GETS BIG SCREEN ADAPTATION FROM BLUMHOUSE-ATOMIC MONSTER: “In a major crossover between the comic and film worlds, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster is adapting the breakout supernatural thriller comic book series, THE EXORCISM AT 1600 PENN. An IDW Publishing original horror from creator and writer, Hannah Rose May, and artist, Vanesa Del Rey, the acclaimed series will make the leap from page to screen in what is a landmark collaboration between one of horror’s most influential studios and one of the genre’s boldest emerging storytelling voices. Set at the most famous address in the United States as it becomes a…

This weekend, I watched CBS Sunday Morning, which featured an interview with singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy. In the interview, Tweedy dropped a line that’s been echoing in my head, “Do not postpone happiness.” This is so deceptively simple yet psychologically sharp, and it rings true to how I try to live my life. Most of us don’t mean to delay joy. We tell ourselves we’re being responsible: After this deadline…after the kids are older…After I lose the weight…After I finally feel less anxious…then I’ll really live. But “later” is a moving target. And, if happiness is always scheduled for the future,…

Decisions, decisions. They can change your life, and for the characters in the movies below, their choices led to some pretty terrifying consequences.  So remember, when faced with a crossroads, sometimes the road less traveled isn’t always the best one.  If you’d like to see where these movies are streaming, head over to Just Watch.  […]

Ask Americans why women become sex workers, and many reply, “They were trafficked.” That’s certainly possible. According to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization, human traffickers currently victimize an estimated 28 million people worldwide, 23 percent of whom wind up in non-consensual sex work—6 million worldwide, overwhelmingly women. There are no reliable estimates of sex trafficking in the United States. But in 2023, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received reports of 5,579 U.S. residents being trafficked for sex, the vast majority recent immigrants or teenage women. That figure is undoubtedly an under-estimate. Many trafficked women are held as prisoners and…

“The final chapter in the latest horror sensation from writer Romuald Giulivo and artist Jakub Rebelka.” The Last Day of H.P. Lovecraft #5 will be available on March 18th from BOOM! Studios, and we have an exclusive preview just for Daily Dead readers! Adapting the hit French graphic novel as a mini-series, BOOM! Studios along with author Romuald Giulivo and acclaimed artist Jakub Rebelka come together to tell the dreamlike story of the very last day of horror pioneer and controversial writer H.P. Lovecraft in THE LAST DAY OF H.P. LOVECRAFT. See the final journey of a complex and tortured…

We all want to raise kids who are confident and who will speak up for themselves; that’s why we encourage them to have a “voice.” Having a voice is important, but so is having the discernment to know when you are effectively advocating for yourself, and when your voice of advocacy has become a voice of condescension or elitism. A client of mine starts off describing her 16-year-old daughter as an independent, confident kid. The daughter excels academically and socially—the kind of kid you hear about and think, Well, she’s got her stuff together, she’ll do well out in the…

Though I’m increasingly aware that it ages me, I have an admission: I’m a Facebook user. I know it’s not the trendiest social media outlet, but like anyone else, I’m a product of my generation. After all, I was “born in the 1900s” (as my children love to remind me). So I’ve made my peace with it. Recently I joined a group on Facebook, which I don’t often do. Despite signing up in 2008 (geez), I’ve only ever joined a handful over the years. Chalk it up to my combination of fierce independence and mild technophobia. But this one seemed…

Short-form videos have become one of the dominant ways young people engage with social media. These are clips lasting seconds up to a few minutes, driven by personalized algorithms that are deeply immersive and precisely tailored to users’ interests, with endless autoplay and infinite scroll providing no stopping cues. These feature-driven clips are standard in platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, and are designed to keep attention locked in. This design matters because it encourages repeated, often automatic engagement. Users don’t need to decide what to watch next, as the platform decides for them. Over time, this may…