Category: Personal Development

One day my husband and I were with my sister’s family and on our way to an event (which eludes my memory).  We were riding together and running a bit late but still needed to pick up something at a store.  Tom and I waited in the car while they completed their errand. Getting back into the car became complicated. Our little three year old niece was giving her daddy a tough time when he tried to buckle her into her car seat.  Her mom was finishing up in the store and her dad was moving things along as he brought

  I know this is a simple and perhaps even silly sounding blog today.  (Feet and eyes face forward, duh!)  But right now, I am okay with that.     I am feeling so tired of all of the political negativity we hear every day as we face our election that I just want to challenge us to choose our own thoughts wisely.  They direct our words and our actions. We all know that, but oh how we need reminders. But how, I wonder, do we ever teach our children not to be demeaning, belittling bullies

Time and time again through the years I have listened to parents, (mothers in particular) when they search for how to describe something that worries them. They usually end up saying, I can’t explain it but I “know” something “is not quite right.” They often add, ” but maybe it is just my imagination” in a voice that suggests a mixture of hope they are wrong and fear that they are right. After working in the field of mental health counseling, teaching, school psychology, and now life coaching, I can honestly say this is such a repeated theme that it