Retrain What Your Brain Looks For

So I’ve started doing a new thing with a few of my friends. Each day we actively try to take a picture of the best part of our day to share with each other at the day’s end. I got the idea online and I loved it so much I had to try it. ANDContinue reading “Retrain What Your Brain Looks For”

There’s More to Everyone’s Story

Maintaining a picket fence perfect life front is a lot of work…And not very effective if your goal is to help people. No-one has a perfect marriage, perfect children, zero conflict in friendships, no financial conflicts, perfect bodies or no insecurities – Ze-ro of us do! People learn so much more from your scars thanContinue reading “There’s More to Everyone’s Story”

Maybe if You Ask 67 Times

Maybe if you ask 67 times you’ll turn that no into a yes. Maybe reword it or ask for the same thing from a different angle. Maybe keep pushing and ask at a different time of day. Or maybe listen to the answer the first time, change the situation by doing your part to changeContinue reading “Maybe if You Ask 67 Times”

So, What? You Fell Down?

How many times does a baby fall before he finally walks? Dozens at minimum? Probably hundreds? You’ll never hear his parent say, “It’s okay little Johnny, walking’s probably not for you,” & carry him around until he’s fifteen. If your growth opportunity feels resistant, it’s because you’re GROWING & there’s always opposition when there’s improvement.Continue reading “So, What? You Fell Down?”

If Conflict was a Toothache…

If we get a toothache, we know to go to the dentist to treat it. We all know a toothache is something you can’t ignore because we all know it’ll just get worse and worse if you do. So why do we sometimes ignore conflict when we don’t want to deal with it? It doesn’tContinue reading “If Conflict was a Toothache…”

If You Died, Someone Would Cry…

Posted every year since 2015. Dear Person Who is Loved by People, This Christmas season as we’re making our gift lists and thinking about what we don’t have and want – a wish for all of us is that we remember that PEOPLE are the most important gift we will ever receive from this world.Continue reading “If You Died, Someone Would Cry…”

Are You Lonely?

Are you lonely or have you just found yourself alone? You can feel lonely right next to someone. And you can be alone and feel totally content. Holidays are hard. So before you run out and jump into a relationship because you see all the pictures on social media, go to the parties without aContinue reading “Are You Lonely?”

Timeline of Regret

If you live long enough you may look back at a point in your life and want a do over. Think about that. So 2 years ago you didn’t handle something the way you think today you would have handled it and that makes you wish you could go back and change it. But twoContinue reading “Timeline of Regret”

It’s Not Right or Wrong

It’s not right or wrong, it’s “do you understand?”… The best relationships are born and thrive in this question. It’s not always about defending your decision. It’s not always about proving to the other person why you were justified and where they were wrong. If maintaining the relationship is important to you, it’s about understandingContinue reading “It’s Not Right or Wrong”

When You See it Coming…

Sometimes we find ourselves in less that desirable situations because we’ve gotten ourselves into less than desirable situations. Sometimes when the stars don’t align, the train takes too long to pass, or someone doesn’t react like we thought they would, it shifts us out of plan and away from how we wanted life to be.Continue reading “When You See it Coming…”