Going Upstream

Going Upstream

  In order to make large changes to improve your life or situation, you may find it most helpful to go upstream and make small changes. What does this mean? Well, think of a creek that floods over the road every time it rains. You could tear up the road and...
He Sees You When You’re Sleeping

He Sees You When You’re Sleeping

  Writer’s block. Nothing flowing. Energy zapped. Stuck. With the laptop in its appropriately named position, I sat in the chair in the dark in our bedroom. Staring at the screen. Surely I can think of something to write. Nothing. My “then seven year...
Rebounding From Adversity

Rebounding From Adversity

  What adversity have you faced in your life? Think for a moment, perhaps back even forty years, of all types of challenges you have faced in your life. It may be that some experiences got the best of you, but I would be very surprised if you hadn’t...
Changing your Thinking

Changing your Thinking

  Have you ever fallen into a mental funk? As in, you just keep repeating and rehearsing defeating messages, bad life stories, and discouraging sequences of events? At some point, we are all prone to slip into the habit of bad self talk. But, we must stop it! I...
What’s Working and What’s Hurting?

What’s Working and What’s Hurting?

  At any given point, most of us are doing something that is working. We have habits or practices that contribute to health, good relationships, productivity, or peace. Of course, at any given point, most of us are doing something that may be hurting the...