Ever wonder if you’ll get it right? Ever make the same mistake again and again? I certainly have. At times in my life, I have sensed the Lord whispering to me, “We’ll try this again…and again…because there’s a lesson here I really want you to get”. Sheesh! Those skinned knees hurt, don’t they? But I’ve learned my most profound lessons when I’ve fallen flat on my face. When it darned well hurt. A sage professor of mine used to say, “Confusion is your friend”. I fought

Get up. Why is it that so many television programs show young people and adults languishing all over the bed during the daytime, productive hours, with their faces stuck in their phones? They lament they are tired, bored, frustrated, depressed, overwhelmed. As they lay all over a bed, fully-clothed, on a beautiful, sunny day. I’d have probably been grounded for doing that when I was growing up. Well, I’ve got something to say to that. Get up. Get yourself into a vertic

How is anger working for you? I talk to a lot of people who, when they spend time reflecting on it, can allow themselves to be vulnerable and realize that they have got into a chronic pattern of using anger as a defense....as a way to fend off fear or vulnerability. I talked to one woman who said, "I realized that my anger made me feel invincible and strong and able to take on the world. What no one realized was that I was terrified." Did you know that "anger", called a secon

Let’s talk about horses. But this is no discourse on equestrian science, but about how we relate and communicate. In a sense, it’s about how we “bounce off each other”. The “Four Horsemen” in this sense are not to be confused with the Biblical four horsemen of the apocalypse, but are the four indicators that can predict a looming divorce, according to John Gottman, Ph.D., a nationally-respected leader in marriage research and counseling, and author of “The Seven Principles