This is such a hot button topic for parents these days. I think we all understand that it’s not great for us as adults therefore, not awesome for our less wise children. The problem here is KEEPING THEM FROM IT. These kids are smart. I could tell you some pretty impressive stories of my kids…
I am an 8 on the Enneagram and if you know what that means you’ll understand when I say I don’t like difficult feelings. I know that no one really likes to be sad but I have friends that are much better at it than me. I have a way of closing “Sad” up in…
The church has a special place in my heart. I think it has great value and love what it does for people – as long as it is a healthy church. I also believe that healthy people need to be the product of a church. If a church is not helping people become more healthy…
Recovery is a weird word. It can mean so many things in so many directions. I am thinking about recovery from “The D word” or divorce, which is a mixed bag. You are recovering from things you did to yourself and things someone did to you. You are recovering from a death (of the marriage…
Writing about this topic was challenging. It took me a long while to feel like I could even write these things in ways that made sense or was helpful to others. I also did not want to publicly “air my dirty laundry” i.e. give out personal details that would be embarrassing to me and my…
So recently, I had a pretty major shoulder surgery to repair some torn things. Honestly, I figured I’d beat the 3-4 weeks in a sling and 12 weeks of PT because, you know, I’m an overachiever. I went into the surgery very healthy and in fairly decent shape so I felt that the odds were…
The thing they don’t tell you about grief is that you don’t only feel it when someone dies. It’s when anything dies; a dream, expectation, relationship, job, your place on a team. The list could go on. Obviously, the levels of grief are different, which means the intensity and duration of your feelings will be…
We get coached most of our early years of life. You know, your parents encourage and train you to pee in the potty, tie your shoes, throw a ball and get through high school. Sometimes our parents bring in the experts too- a baseball coach, a speech therapist or a tutor. But then as adults…