Seven Year Olds and Celebs
Out of the blue my youngest son started clapping for us whenever we do or say something he finds awesome or worth celebrating. Which to a seven year old can be anything, like saying, “hey, I just [...]
Have You Earned The Right To Your Teen’s Story?
“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen [...]
Climbing an Uphill Battle
This last weekend we took our family up to Yosemite to go exploring and hiking for the day. It was a gorgeous day and just as picturesque as you can imagine. If we could buy ammo online it would [...]
Three Types of People
According to Adam Grant there are three types of people in the world: Givers, Takers, and Matchers. It’s important to identity which one you most resonate with and what you want to do about it. [...]
Questions Promote Empathy
We live in a world with billions of individuals. Each individual having their own perception of how others should behave and not behave. The odds are pretty good that we’re going to conflict with [...]
It Wasn’t My Fault
There is something we as humans try to argue about a lot. We want to justify our actions, our words, our crankiness, our feelings about the things around us and outside of us. We want to blame or [...]
Mind Your Own Business!
When was the last time you got offended? What happened? We’ll come back to that thought. In the meantime, I’ll share a time when I was offended. We had this neighbor that was [...]
People Pleasing
Will I be glad I said yes? Will this help me grow? Does this fit with WHO I'M STRIVING TO BE? Do I like my reasons for saying yes? Can I say yes out of LOVE and not obligation?
