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

So, I have been thinking about a lot of things from 2020 as the new year of 2021 has started. I think one of the main stories from last year (it would be difficult to argue otherwise) was all about COVID. Well, this article has nothing to do with that. So, if that's what you came for, I can save you time and you can bounce knowing in good faith that this is not more COVID propaganda of any kind. I was actually thinking about a young guy I have been mentoring lately, and some

I LOVE New Year’s Day. It’s a massive, annual celebration of hope for the future. We come together. We shake off the past and literally revel in the future’s possibilities. It’s awesome, especially in a time when I‘m constantly supposed to be ashamed about this or enraged about that. It‘s nice to have a moment of unity and hope with everybody all at once. It’s also just a day. There’s nothing magical about the movement from 31 Dec to 1 Jan. Every ounce of goodness in New Year

It seemed like they weren't really listening. So I did it. We're all eating sh*! because that's what we go looking for.