I’ve logged countless hours as a counselor and have partnered with many couples who were seeking to save their marriage, or simply improve the condition of their relationship. One complaint that almost each couple has had over the years, is that they didn’t feel that they were able to communicate with each other as well […]
We’ve all had them. Some have done more damage than others, but all bad relationships leave their mark. I recently heard someone talk about how a relationship that had just ended “had destroyed them”. It’s a common comment, and one that many of us have felt to be true. While we are never the same […]
Life is unpredictable and uncontrollable. Everyone would admit that to be true, and almost everyone hates it. Anxiety is what we feel when the uncertainty of life becomes overwhelming. Our minds frantically bounce from one thought to the next trying to fix, repair, predict, prepare, relate, or overcome. As our inability to control everything becomes […]
Early in Michelangelo’s career, before the Sistine Chapel, he was commissioned to sculpt more than 40 figures for what would have been the most magnificent tomb of its time. Money for the project dried up, however, and it was pushed to the side and never completed. The result is a collection of statues that line […]
If you are ready to be more effective in you relationships, and to enjoy them more as well, then asking yourself the following questions is the place to start: Have I accepted my limitations? You have them, the only question is, are you being honest about that. You can’t relate to everyone. If you continue […]
They are showing Christmas movies on Hallmark Channel. Gingerbread Latte’s are now available for your consumption. And, I swear I heard Jingle Bells while in a store the other day. It can only mean one thing…. Christmas is officially upon us. I love Christmas, and odds are you do too. I love almost everything about […]
It’s election season, and we are snowed under with emails, mailers, tv and radio ads all trying to sway you to their candidate. Despite the avalanche of information, it’s getting harder and harder each year to get a clear picture of what each candidate stands for. It seems they are less interested in convincing to […]