You rush in the front door, after work, to change clothes, in order to hurry to an HOA meeting that you are running late for. You need to scarf down some dinner and go. Unfortunately, your wife forgot the conversation that you had that morning regarding your tight schedule. She had promised to have something…
Remember when you were a teenager and you were working one of your first jobs. It may have been at a fast-food restaurant, a bagger at a grocery store, or in my case – a paperboy. You may recall that those entry level jobs were not always that much fun. As a matter of fact,…
I hope that everyone reading this knows nothing about patterns if abuse. It is my wish that none of you have ever been abused and certainly have never been an abuser. However, I know that this is not true. And the patterns I am referring to today are those of emotional abuse. This is probably…
I just got off the phone with a buddy of mine. During our conversation, we talked about friends we know that are struggling with health issues and others who are relatively healthy but for some reason seem to have grown old. Now I have to admit that I chuckle a little as I write that…
Whether we realized or not, when we married our spouse, we probably went into the marriage with a set of expectations. We most likely weren’t even aware that we did so – that is, until our expectations crashed into each other’s. For example, you may have grown up in a very traditional household where your…
Lots of people have bucket lists. Some hope to accomplish some harrowing experience like skydiving or bungee jumping. Others hope to summit all of the fourteeners (the peaks that are 14,000 feet or higher) in Colorado. Still others want to travel to some exotic place. As I am writing this in April, yesterday saw thousands…
Maybe it’s my age that is causing me to attract clients that are . . . well . . . my age. You see, I seem to be encountering more and more individuals who are approaching retirement age (whatever age that is), or who have retired. Over and over again, I hear stories of individuals…
I sat with a couple yesterday that are having enormous problems with connection. He feels that his wife is aloof and doesn’t want to connect with him, which couldn’t be less true. She is feeling that he has no idea what makes her tick nor does he have a desire to. They both say it…
I sat with a man in my office this week who had recently retired. He had worked in a state run facility for 30 years, was in his mid-50’s, and had been looking forward to retirement because – well – that’s what you’re supposed to do isn’t it? However, after about two weeks of being…
Do you remember as a kid, playing a game such as kick-ball, volleyball, miniature golf, or any number of other games – when someone would make an initial mistake and would immediately say “Do-over?” It was if they were saying, “That mistake I made didn’t really happen. I want another shot at it.” And as…