All of My Thoughts and Articles
5 Steps to Stress-Free Productivity
Many of us would like to be effective and efficient in our work and personal lives. It would be great if we could handle our business successfully with minimal stress and worry. Unfortunately, for most ...
1 Quick Exercise to Separate From Painful Thoughts
Painful thoughts can be challenging to work through. Often, we experience a painful thought or story about ourselves, and we believe it to be literally true. For example, we might think “I’m so stupid”, or ...
Who is My Family?
I was talking with a friend, and she expressed sadness about the lack of support she was feeling from her family of origin. She and her husband were thinking about having kids, and my friend ...
What’s the Block?
If you’re struggling in a particular area of your life, it can be helpful to identify the block. In other words, when you move forward toward what you want, what happens? What gets in the ...
Throw Away Your Crutch
I remember one time I sprained my ankle badly, and I had to use crutches to walk around. Even though the crutches were annoying, they helped A LOT. I was in so much pain, I ...
A Beginner’s Guide to the Enneagram
The Enneagram is quite popular nowadays. It seems like everyone is talking about their number as a way to help understand themselves and others. But the Enneagram can also be confusing. Personality types, wings, levels ...
The Injustice of Guilt
Guilt is a tricky emotion, isn’t it? Sometimes, guilt can help us stay on the right track. Maybe you have had this experience. You did something bad, felt guilty about it, and thought to yourself, ...
Richard Rohr, Spiritual Growth, and Letting Go
I’ve read a lot of self-help books over the years, and many of them talk about the idea of “letting go.” For a long time, this attitude kind of annoyed me. If I was anxious ...
The Dallas Cowboys and the Importance of Over-Communicating Clarity
The Dallas Cowboys announced a coaching change today—Mike McCarthy is replacing Jason Garrett as head coach. Irrespective of whether you think Mike McCarthy is the right person for the job, one thing I noticed was ...
