Sunday June 12, 2016, is a day that will go down in history for all the wrong reasons. It was a day where too many lives were taken. Forty-nine innocent lives were lost, fifty-three innocent people were wounded, and a whole community was left in shock. But we reacted immediately and came together as a […]

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” -Mary Anne Radmacher Courage… What does it mean to be courageous? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, courage is the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.

Many years ago, I was facing a major life stressor and feeling very overwhelmed to say the least. The stressor was actually something I had been hoping and waiting for, but it still arrived with a great deal of stress (and of course some celebration too).

More than once, when I was young, I heard one adult laughingly say to another—“That kid needs an attitude adjustment.” In recent weeks, that phrase has resurfaced in my life. I have many clients coming to me who are facing “life adjustments” (stressors) and they are trying to “adjust their attitudes” accordingly.

Divorce is a difficult topic to talk about. As adults, most of us marry thinking, “this is my happily ever after.” We don’t usually go into a marriage thinking, “this may be my happily ever after, until we decide to divorce and then I’ll possibly meet another happily ever after.” Making the decision to separate […]

A German philosopher named Nietzsche once commented on an idea that was around far before he was: Eternal return. The idea is that the universe began with a great big bang and has been expanding ever since. Ultimately, the universe will continue to expand until it stops and begins to contract into near nothingness again. […]