Click photo for article on How to Open Up to Life After a Trauma. I write articles about wellness, leadership, parenting and personal growth. My hope is to deliver the best content I can to inspire, to inform and to entertain. Sign up for my blog if you want to receive the latest and best of … More Your Trauma Can Open You Up
Did you know that your mind has both an Editor and a DJ? ___ If you were to take one day and live unedited and unscripted I daresay that you would not be a popular person. In most circles, you are expected to edit everything you say and everything you do. Often, editing is a … More 5 Ways to Make Peace With Your Hostile Inner Editor
Dust contains tiny bits of life. ___ 20 years of dust It came out of nowhere. I went to sleep And it found me An inch thick and a mile wide Like a blanket, But cold And lonely. Befriended by dust And a lonely couch Lost without a map Sick without a doctor. … More The Dusty Man
Car accidents can have a humorous side ___ My car was a sandwich this week. My wife was waiting for a light and someone collided with her, mushrooming the back end and sending her into the vehicle in front. Both ends of our vehicle ended up being curled under and the car was undrivable. Moods, … More 9 Great Things About Car Accidents
You can own a lot of things, but you can’t buy more time. ___ Time is precious, too precious to waste by being in a hurry. You can accomplish a lot more if you slow down. Time is precious, too precious to waste by being in a hurry. You can accomplish a lot more if … More You Have Today
Forget passion for your job, loving your job will make you wildly successful. ___ If you love your job, you will never work a day in your life. Bull**it. Now let’s take the same sentence and change just one word. Ask yourself it it still makes sense: If you love your wife, you will never work a … More Love Your Work and it Will Love You Back
What can children teach us about what makes a life worth living? A great deal. ___ I don’t know about you, but September is a good time for reflection about how the year is progressing. It is like a re-start. With all of the students going back to school, September reminds me of the importance of … More What Makes a Life Worth Living?
Waking up can be the most important thing we do each day. ___ I went for a walk this week and took a shot of the sunrise. It felt like the entire sky was a canopy, a tent. Almost could reach up and touch it. It is good to be awake. I hope that you are … More Are You Awake?
My family bought a camping trailer and it made me feel young again. It’s like your big brother is right behind you making awkward noises, staring at you in the mirror and ready to flatten you if you do something stupid. __ People say that they love having a trailer, it makes you feel more alive. … More 13 Things I Learned from Buying a Camping Trailer
Are you ready for an adventure? Maybe it’s time that you have a midlife crisis? “I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’ I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. … More Six ways that Midlife is the best time to be alive
Getting High on Recovery 