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 all the obstacles from an ill-conceived plan. In fact, some of the bravest heroes in history were careful planners. If
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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 expectations? There’s little doubt that your choice to be optimistic can serve you well in any situation. And it is
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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, a stronger sense of direction, or more fulfillment from life sounds good to you, take the next 3 minutes and
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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, I’m naturally curious about people. The details of their lives matter to me. I love it when I can help
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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 last 3 years. With some friendly modification, they could just as easily be used in your home or around the dinner
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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 works seem to have in common: they are often imitated. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but how
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What’s the story with your marriage? Even the most connected couples get stuck in unhealthy routines in relating to each other and have to reevaluate their daily choices. At what point can it begin to feel more like a bad dream from which you both want to wake? If you prefer a
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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 that everything comes right in the end. Just as long as the heroes (obviously built to overcome adversity) “show up,”
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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 or sad, positive or negative. Our needs are conveyed to us by these inner voices and when we don’t pay
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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 mail it with a smile, either outwardly or inwardly. The gift is greatest to the forgiver. How should you deliver
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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 forgive can create sadness and loneliness. Have you ever seen a happy person who is harboring a grudge? I haven’t.
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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 obeys or disobeys. Why did she throw that tantrum and kick her mommy? Why did she, only one hour later,
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