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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 […]
Mental Health • Relationships
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 […]
Health • Mental Health • Relationships
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 […]
Relationships • Faith
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, […]
Family • Mental Health • Parenting • Relationships
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 […]
Relationships
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, […]
Family
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 […]
Health
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 […]
Parenting • Technology
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 […]
Parenting
Culture of Me; Cultivation of We
In 2016, one of the leading empathy researchers in the world, Dr. Michelle Borba, published a book entitled “Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.” The book opened […]