The Power and Courage Behind Caution
Are you naturally careful and thoughtful in your approach? Or do you tend to throw caution to the wind? Regardless of your answer, a cautious approach supports moving forward without
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The Hidden Power of Optimism
Does optimism seem like a natural choice for you to make? Or do you have to work hard to keep disappointments and potential negative outcomes from drowning out your positive
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Things the Real You Can Learn from Flight Attendants
Do you tune out flight attendants during their pre-flight demonstration? Maybe you shouldn’t. It turns out their guidance has even more value outside the plane than inside. If healthier relationships,
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Things the Real You Can Learn from Minding Your Own Business
Regardless of when you travelled through childhood, it’s likely you were told several times to “Mind your own business.” I often wondered WHY I needed to do that?! After all,
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Bring Your Inner Strengths to EVERY Table
What do terms like “mindfulness,” “synergy,” “storytelling,” “intrapreneur,” and “return on relationship” all have in common? I mean besides sharing a spot in the top 5 workplace buzzwords sometime over the
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Creating a Masterpiece Marriage
Is yours a masterpiece marriage — one that your children and others should imitate? Although there are many definitions and originations for what warrants the title “masterpiece,” there’s something all masterful
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Does Your Marriage Need a Wake-up Call?
The above image is owned by Online for Love What’s the story with your marriage? Even the most connected couples get stuck in unhealthy routines in relating to each other
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Upgrade Your Marriage from Fairy Tale Fake to REAL Deal
It seems fairy tales rarely have anything to do with real-life relationships. Even though these stories typically include tragic beginnings, major misfortune, and shady characters, our expectations of these tales are
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Forgiveness Begins with Listening to Ourselves
Forgiving ourselves or others can be more difficult when we aren’t listening to ourselves. Inner voices talk to us all the time, telling us if we are well or hurting, happy
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Forgiveness Is Meant to Remodel the Forgiver’s Life
Forgiveness means “forth-give-ness” or giving something away. It is meant to bless everyone — you and others. View it as a gift. Wrap it up in the soft colors of love and
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Why Is Forgiving Others So Difficult?
Have you seen the benefit of recalling the times we need forgiveness? Were you, like me, silently impressed with our need to have forgiveness? Failure to find forgiveness and to
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So… INVEST in Understanding Your Child!
Most parents are the experts on their children’s behavior. They know if little Megan is acting normally or acting up. But what they don’t know is how she feels when she
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