Recently I was talking with a couple about their relationship. The proverbial "stuff" hit the fan. One of the realizations that came from this relationship mentoring moment was thanks to the husband being a fire fighter. It's always a challenge to peel back why we are where we are, how we got here, and how we move forward. It's especially difficult when emotions run high from infidelity, abuse, abandonment, or other traumatic experiences. This husband was low. He was the supp

Today, I was going over our Krav Maga Martial Arts forms with my kids, and one of them starts to cry. I was taking great care to be kind when correcting, and get down on their level when explaining this foot, that hand, rotate like this, make it flow, etc. All of my children like this when I do it, but even so one of my kids takes the correcting so painfully. She cries and I can see her holding back her tears. Her face is pulling to the center and her eyes are filling up and

Continuing the theme, and trusting that the title makes this obvious... If you were tested, would the results come back positive for having a good work ethic? I think about this one a lot, especially when I'm staring in the face of not getting what I want out of something. Usually, when I'm disappointed with the results I get angry. I think that's natural. I've learned, however, that anger by itself is fruitless. So, I use it to push me into an intense pursuit of answers. Man