Social media, TV, movies, (even parents) all glorify college and how fun it will be. There’s no way it can live up to that hype. You’re in for a big let down when you get there find yourself studying in the library instead hanging out at endless parties. Or hanging out at endless parties, Read More
When I imagine the college life I want for my kids, I see them striding through campus with a big smile on their face. I picture my son raising his arm to wave at a group of friends across the quad who look excited to see him. I picture him walking into the classroom, Read More
This time is precious. How do you want to use it? Prepare them for college? Jam-pack all of your wisdom into this last bit of time? Create memories? You and I know that if you try to pass on all of your sage advice at one time, your teen’s eyes will glaze over and, Read More
Here is the truth, friend… There is no such thing as life balance. You can balance a checkbook or a teeter-totter, but you can’t balance life. I know it seems like you should be able to. Western culture is very fact driven. We like to quantify and allocate and check things off. But life, Read More
I don’t like soup. And I don’t like to chop. To me, soup is perfectly good food on which someone has dumped a pitcher of water. Ick. Chopping vegetables is mind-numbingly boring. I am still missing some feeling in my left pointer finger due to a chopping incident. Chopping is not my thing. My, Read More
I wake up my kids at 5:55am to get ready for school. They respond in a monotone, “G’morning, Mom.” Their little bodies make their way to the kitchen with feet dragging and shoulders slumped, like walking zombies. Little hands grab the oatmeal packets, fill the same bowl every day, open the right hand refrigerator, Read More
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes, Read More
You are probably used to “white knuckling” it when you are trying to change a habit. You grab on tight until your knuckles turn white. You are grinning and bearing it until you make it through to the other freakishly distant side. You want to change this habit. What you secretly want is for change, Read More
Some of the most transformational work I do is one-on-one, helping someone figure out what fundamental belief they have that is holding them back or causing them grief. What the heck is keeping them from living a huge, delicious, wonderful life? I throw out hunches. Sometimes my hunches are right. Sometimes they’re wrong but, Read More