All of My Thoughts and Articles
Let It Rain
It’s raining today. It’s interesting how people can have such different reactions to rain. For a farmer, rain is a lifesaver. It means that the crops will get enough water to grow. For a person ...
Without Justice, I Can’t Connect
I remember visiting a church one day, and I struggled to connect. It wasn’t any of the usual things—the music, the speaker, or the style of the service. The issue was that I knew some ...
Define Yourself By What You Are For
I remember having a conversation one day with a friend about country music. “I do NOT like country music,” she said emphatically. She was getting pretty worked up about it. I didn’t have a strong ...
Don’t Expect Your Partner to Be a Mind-Reader
Sometimes we can get into trouble in romantic relationships if we expect our partner to “just know” what we need without us even having to ask. This is a romantic idea—the thought that you and ...
3 Steps to Create a Helpful Ritual
There has been a lot of research that has shown connections between our physical body and our emotions. In other words, how we feel physically impacts how we feel emotionally, and how we feel emotionally ...
How Anchoring and Adjusting Can Mess Up Your Life
There are several research studies in psychology that explore how our decisions and behaviors are influenced by the people around us. We might think we are independent and make our own individual decisions, but the ...
Don’t Cut Off The Ends of Your Ham
Sometimes we do things in life because they have always been done that way. Now, there isn’t anything wrong with tradition per se, and a lot of traditions have good reasons behind them. But some ...
3 Steps for Peace, Honesty, and Living a Full Life
One of the authors who has made a big impact on my life is named Byron Katie (everyone calls her Katie). Her philosophy and way of engaging the world has been helpful for me as ...
Focus on One Thing This Month
One of my favorite books on personal effectiveness is called ‘The Power of Less’ by Leo Babauta. Too Many Things At Once One of the main takeaways from his book is that we often fail ...
