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April 2019

April 12, 2019

When The Truth Lets You Down

A year ago, we lost a baby to miscarriage. It happened after a year of infertility...

April 10, 2019

What Your Choices Say About You

Our choices are one of the three things we can control. On a planet we have...

April 08, 2019

The Difference Between Disappointed and Violated

It seems pretty clear that modern Americans are unable to deal with not getting their...

April 05, 2019

How to Communicate Your Boundaries

Boundaries are hard. It is a challenging aspect of being human. In a life where...

April 03, 2019

4 Dangers of the Honeymoon Phase

We live in a world full of options. We have more choices than we can...

April 01, 2019

April Fool’s Might Be Good For You

It's a strange and perverse sort of joy we get from April Fools Day. It...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

Choose Your Narrative Carefully

There are all sorts of narratives out there. Stories we tell ourselves. Stories our family...

March 27, 2019

Help! I’m Feeling Things!

Our emotions are complicated creatures. They can creep up on us, bursting out at seemingly...

March 25, 2019

The Irony of Service

I’m not one of those Christians that loves service projects. I was never longing to...

March 22, 2019

The Stories We Chose to Tell

For a couple years, we have been working with Servant Leadership talking about the cross-section of character...

March 20, 2019

Why You Will Never Be Satisfied

Everyone human is longing for some version of what might be called “satisfaction”. We might...

March 18, 2019

The Consistency You Are Looking For

We are a problem-solving society. And so, we take the framework of life and turn it into...

March 15, 2019

Maybe It’s Not About Sex

When it comes to relationships, we talk about sex a lot. A lot. When I...

March 13, 2019

It Is Hard to Be a Human

It has been a hard week in the Willis house. I like to think we...

March 11, 2019

We Waste So Much Time

We roll out of bed in the morning and a good chunk of our day...

March 08, 2019

How to Escape The Victim Circle

The Two Circles are about the blurred lines between freedom and control. In our attempts to...

March 06, 2019

Why You Love Marie Kondo

The new Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo has become a popular entry into modern culture....

March 04, 2019

The Greatest Obstacle to Utilizing Influence

We all want to live a life of purpose. We want to empower our institutions...

March 01, 2019

Consequences Are a Moving Target

Beginning in early childhood and lasting our entire lives, learning the consequences for our behavior...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

You Have Been Doing Conflict Resolution Wrong

There is one reason, and only one reason, that we engage in conflict. We have...

February 25, 2019

The Rule of Three Beckons You

Have you ever noticed that when writing or reading something, there is often a list...

February 22, 2019

An Obsession With Shortcuts Is Destroying Us

I’ve wanted to be a writer my entire life. One of my favorite things to...

February 20, 2019

How to Foster Trust in A Relationship

Relationships are built on trust. An abundance of it leads to thriving. An absence of...

February 18, 2019

Attitude is a Control Issue

Attitude is like an accessory we put on and wear every day. It jangles and...

February 15, 2019

The Flow Of Influence And The Power Of Perspective

One thing that fundamentally shapes how we think, feel, and believe is our perspective on...

February 13, 2019

Why Are We Becoming More Dependent On Our Institutions?

I’ve noticed an interesting phenomena in today’s world. It seems like we are becoming increasingly...

February 11, 2019

Can We Ever Truly Be Satisfied?

In two years of working with individuals and organizations, we have seen that there is...

February 08, 2019

Why We Don’t Trust Our Values

By definition, our values are the things that are most important to us. Yet, for...

February 06, 2019

How to Develop a Vision for Your Family

Family is one of, if not the, most important arenas of life. Our families are little...

February 04, 2019

7 Signs of Healthy Conflict

It may seem obvious to view conflict as a negative entity. We don’t like the...