We all lead busy, busy lives.  We’ve grown up during a time when optimizing one’s life has become the norm and hours and hours are spent being productive and creative. But what about your inner self? Your mind can only take so much of this without screaming out for mercy, so I’m writing to you today about the importance of

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” ~ – George Herbert Fatherhood is filled with joy and challenge. A father’s role in the lives of his children provides untold benefit: economic stability, nurturing, role modeling, and security and this role cannot be diminished. The days of sons working alongside their fathers is gone, and the bonding and instruction in

My mind is happier when I have fresh new things to consider.  If you can spice up your relationship, it can be that new feeling all over again. One of the ways that each of us feels just wonderful is being in a new relationship.  The sky is bluer; the sun is brighter; there is the hope and promise of

Life Mastery frequently involves repetition.  You recognize there’s a life problem; you do your level best to deal with the problem; you see the problem appear yet again and you begin to think “How many layers have to be peeled off before I can say I’m done with this?” Let us imagine that you are trying to overcome a fear

“Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else’s skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.” ~ Frederick Buechner Earlier this year, there was conflict in our neighbor to the south, Egypt.

Laughter is puzzling. We don’t know where it comes from, but we do know that we like it. Babies like to laugh, we like to laugh at them laughing, don’t we? We certainly don’t work to discover in a scholarly way what laughter is or the benefits of laughter. We just enjoy the power of laughter and accept it as

This year, let’s prepare for success with the right New Year’s goals. How many times have you made New Year’s resolutions and then experienced disappointment because you let your commitment to change old habits fall by the wayside?  Would you like this year to be different?  Would you like to really foster the idea of Be the Change in your

We all get very excited at the idea of the celebration that goes on during the holidays, but sometimes we really have to work hard to deal with the holiday stress. Holidays are a wonderful time to Be the Change, to improve family holiday stress and still maintain our own boundaries. It’s a time of year when family forgiveness goes

Do you react or respond to a uncomfortable situations? Have you ever observed a scenario and arrived at a decision about it only to discover you were completely wrong in your assessment? Did your reactive behavior get you into trouble? My assistant received a nasty letter from her neighbor accusing her of eavesdropping in on a private conversation and then

There can be no relationship more real and more valuable than the one you have with yourself. That’s right: learning to love yourself – self love. Please don’t set this concept aside thinking that I’m off track here. Take a look at yourself and make a change. Please hunt deeply for what is true and see if, by the end