11 Years of Blogging Brings Changes
Did you know that I have been blogging for 11 years this October? It’s true! I’ve been sharing my thoughts on public cases and on people in the media for well over a decade!
My blog averages between 30,000 and 60,000 readers a month (depending on the season and news stories available to comment on).
While I have thoroughly enjoyed writing this blog, I have made a decision. I will no longer be evaluating people or cases in the media going forward. I am available for hire should you have a need for my services.
While many of you know that I travel the country training law enforcement from coast to coast, you may not know that I have also been quietly consulting on cases as well. I have had a profound effect on people’s lives consulting on cases, and I want to do more of it.
I will, however, still keep the blog going from time-to-time. I will share articles of interest related to the topics of human behavior, deception, emotions, emotional intelligence, facial expressions, and personality identification at zero acquaintance. You are welcome to submit articles by clicking on my Suggest A Topic link (to the right).
Thanks for sharing this journey with me and I hope you stick around! You will get updates about my future plans here as well. I am considering offering public classes in the future, and as I have said before, I am still considering writing a book–so check back here for the latest. While things are changing, it’s certainly not an end.
A book would be amazing! I hope you do find the time to do that. I can only imagine how fascinating the consulting work must be. I wish you could let us in on some of your cases without intruding on anyone’s privacy. Change is always good 🙂 we love you and whatever you do with your blog, and everywhere else, will be great. Thanks for sharing your gifts. It has enriched my life.
Best of luck to you, Eyes! It’s been such an amazing journey. I have so enjoyed reading your unique perspective and questioning my own judgments by comparing my observations to yours. Your abilities are a gift. Thanks for sharing it!!
Hey Eyes!
A HUGE thank-you for all you’ve done and will continue to do. I’ve learned tons from you and the blog (as well as people who participate in the blog). I wish you all the best in every path you travel, whether it’s working on cases, writing, future blog work, or whatever. I’m very confident you’ll keep the standards very high, keep the integrity top notch, and continue to make the world a much better place for your work in it.
I look forward to the future – whatever it brings – and to see the new Eyes as you share updates! Thanks again for sharing your gifts in such a marvelous way with me and so many others.
Good work, has been a very interesting blog.
Can you give your opinion on Darren Wilson (policeman who shot Michael Brown allegedly after a struggle)? At the time you thought it was too divisive.
Darren Wilson is a great pick David! I would love to know if I have that one right!!
Yes, I also would like to know what your assessment is of Darren Wilson.
You three are funny 🙂
Didn’t you read the post?
A few things for me though, I’m in another country so I have ‘distance’:
1. The officer doesn’t seem the murderer or even aggressive type, whereas Michael Brown (I watched the robbery footage) seemed, unfortunately, like a bully and the type happy and willing to use his size and strength against others.
2. Eyewitness testimony is generally unreliable.
3. Police, or anyone, shouldn’t be describing people as demons. Demonology has been out of date for a few centuries and doesn’t appear to help solve any problems, especially when you think you’re facing someone possessed by one. It just adds to ignorance. Psychology has better insights. One of the only useful, and funny, religious references I’ve seen to demons is an old zen buddhist painting showing a demon with short horns and unshaven, crosslegged doing his zazen meditation. Even a demon can improve themselves with the right training. I’d love to find that picture again.
4. I don’t think you can have a happy community that isn’t fairly represented in official positions for example the police force. I mean I work in an office that has a ‘token’ pacific islander yet we are apparently in the world’s largest polynesian city. If you ask our management they maintain everything is fine and we are a diverse office. If you ask the pacific islander, we are far from it and can’t meet our clientele.
I love your description of the demon. I can picture it & I want to try sketch it. Thanks for a great visual. You are so right to include the issues in the community. That’s the divide that needs to be addressed. It’s so big, it overshadows the initial facts of the situation.
Social context is often simmering beneath the surface. I’d like to see that sketch Remi.
Of course we did! But we can still beg 🙂
You will be missed greatly. I have learned so much from you, and I know that you will be a great help to the individuals that you are going to assist. Good Luck and best wishes. Let us hear from you.
I would absolutely read your book so I hope you write it. I’d love to hear how you got started and realized you had this talent. I remember reading that you used to surprise your friends (IIRC) by knowing which of their boyfriends were not good guys.
This sucks for me but May success follow you all your life..
Seems like a plan Eyes. Ten years is enough work to be following all and sundry in the news. There is a fine record that you have chalked up.
I’ll be sticking around, I still have some skills to sharpen and I find your blog promotes reflexive thinking.
I’ve really enjoyed participating here in lively discussions & considering other’s point’s of view but the number of re-edits I’ve made before settling on a post sometimes has been ridiculous :))
Oh Renee, I’m typically quiet but I’ve been following you for years. I am thrilled to hear that you ARE consulting on cases. You have a valuable, viable skill and you deserve compensation for your talent and refined skills. Of course I will miss you insights terribly–but I respect decision. Best of luck to you, and yeah, I’ll still be checking to see what you’re writing about.
Eyes, thank you. I’ve learned so much. And thank you to the other commenters. I’ve learned a lot from all of you too.
Best wishes to you, Eyes!
This is so incredibly sad. It feels like a real loss for me. I suppose I’ve felt a degree of kinship with you, talking through the various iterations of your comment boards over the years. I will certainly miss that, but I’m really glad you’re being utilized as a consultant on cases, both for the satisfaction it brings you and for the greater justice it brings to our justice system. I know that if I was the victim of a crime or a falsely accused suspect, I would want you on the case. I hope this isn’t the last I hear from you, but if it is, good luck, and thanks for 11 awesome years. 🙂
Oh, first reaction is I will miss this, but I wish you joy with all your other stuff. This probably reflects that you are in demand and have gotten well established since the beginning of the blog which is great!
Awww….so sorry that you won’t be commenting on current cases any more, as I find you so insightful. Whenever I read of a crime situation you immediately come to mind, as I wonder what your take would be of the suspects, etc. All the best in what you decide to do next, and thank you SO much for all you have shared with your loyal readers.