Search Results relationships Family • Parenting • Relationships Oct 14, 2026 Understanding the Mom Brain: One of the Most Powerful Forces in the World It was a Friday morning in mid-July, and we were traversing the backroads of Southern Illinois en route to our final destination that afternoon: Madison, Wisconsin. It had been an […] Full Article Faith • Health • Mental Health • Relationships Mar 31, 2026 Vulnerable, Not Fragile The more vulnerable you are, the less fragile you will become. The alarm went off at 4:15 AM. Outside, I could hear what sounded like torrential rain, with sporadic gusts […] Full Article Mental Health • Relationships Dec 1, 2025 Secrets Keep You Sick: A Conversation with My Dad on 45+ Years of Being an LCSW The conversation we won’t have is the progress we won’t make. It was a chilly, fall Sunday afternoon. I was sitting in our family room, talking with my dad, Jim […] Full Article Health • Mental Health • Relationships Oct 31, 2025 To Control or Not To Control It’s the most common psychological symptom in the world. Whether you are a 6-year-old boy or a 96-year-old great, great, grandmother, you experience it on a regular basis, even when […] Full Article Relationships • Faith Oct 21, 2025 Dear Emily I’m not sure how to begin this letter other than I feel like I needed to say a few things. This past Saturday at our 30th high school class reunion, […] Full Article Family • Mental Health • Parenting • Relationships May 12, 2025 Believing What I Don’t Feel The other day I was at a retreat for parents whose children were getting ready to receive First Communion. As part of a parent engagement session, a conversation was sparked […] Full Article Relationships Jan 13, 2025 Crossing Lines: Men and Women in Conversation No matter how dissatisfied people are with the results they are getting, they rarely question their way of trying to get results. When what we are doing is not working, […] Full Article Family Oct 13, 2022 A River Runs Between Us “It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.” – Norman Maclean I was sitting on the couch in our family room, and it was […] Full Article Health Sep 15, 2022 Feeling Like I… They are as certain as death and taxes. They dominate our life. They often fluctuate minute by minute, hour by hour, year by year. They are a fabric of our […] Full Article Parenting • Technology Feb 14, 2022 The Pornography Plague As we said goodbye to 2021, and all the challenges that came with this year, once again a celebrity emerged on the scene with strong opinions. But this time, it […] Full Article More Articles All Articles