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August 2020

August 18, 2020

How Your Attempts to Control Are Controlling You

We want things to work out the way we want them to. That is human...

August 13, 2020

What You Should Look For In A Relationship

When I was single, I got a lot of terrible advice about what to “look...

August 11, 2020

Are You Lost in A Spiral of Distractions

When the whole world was on lockdown in April of 2020, I saw a social...

August 06, 2020

Intimidated By Discipline

A few days ago, our parent brand launched a podcast series called “Simple Tools to...

August 04, 2020

Every Day Crossroads

I grew up in a small West Texas town. Beginning in junior high, I was...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Keeping the Fight Out of Conflict

My wife and I have been married for five years and we still can’t seem...

July 28, 2020

The Spinning Plates of Purpose

Life is a game of spinning plates. We are all like a circus octopus trying...

July 23, 2020

Everyone Has A Boardroom and Emotion Is Just One Member

I recently read the book Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull. It is a great read and I...

July 21, 2020

How To Build A Foundation For Communication

I was watching a nature documentary the other day and saw a clip of a...

July 16, 2020

How Baby Steps and Giant Leaps Transform Your Life

It is easy to focus on what is “wrong” around us. Our situations and circumstances,...

July 14, 2020

Control: My Fear and My Obsession

When I think about my attitude about control, I kind of feel like a crazy...

July 09, 2020

The Best Leaders Don’t Make Anyone Do Anything

One of the great challenges we face in our leadership training seminars is the motivation...

July 07, 2020

An Adventure in Non-Avoidance

I really value harmony. I don’t like conflict or division. It is like nails on...

July 02, 2020

How Are You Spending Your Freedom?

With the celebrations of July 4th looming, many Americans are contemplating what it means to be...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Gratitude is Key to Happiness

Whether we are talking about an individual’s sense of satisfaction or an organization’s sense of...

June 25, 2020

How Far Is Too Far (For Vision Casting)

I have to admit, I had big plans for 2020. We have been struggling with infertility for...

June 23, 2020

What To Do When Circumstances Attack

It's a strange time to be alive. There are so many things that are outside...

June 18, 2020

The Lost Art of Celebrating Dads

I know I may not be in the majority when I say that I think...

June 16, 2020

Lessening The Drop

The Project Mood Curve is a tool we use to help people and organizations transform the...

June 11, 2020

All The Things We Do Not Say

I am a high introvert, an internal processor, and a habitual emotion-stuffer. The number of...

June 09, 2020

Relationships are Forged in Fire

So, I am a pretty big fan of the show Survivor. And this year, they...

June 04, 2020

Navigating Your Own Biases

I was shocked this week to hear a group of adults claim they were perfectly...

June 02, 2020

The Dangers of Getting Your Way

Like anybody else, I love getting my way. I celebrate when circumstances turn out the...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

How Far Should We Follow Our Feelings?

I saw an ad recently about how to handle our emotions. It suggested the way...

May 26, 2020

What Story Are You Going To Tell?

It has always been a dream of mine to be a fiction writer, a la...

May 21, 2020

The Potential for Grief and Unity

The first Memorial Day happened in the aftermath of The Civil War. Soldiers from both...

May 19, 2020

3 Relationship Dead Ends

There is a big difference between the everyday pains and struggles of relationship and a...

May 14, 2020

What To Do About Pain

Every day we feel some semblance of pain. From agony, torture and tragedy to discomfort,...

May 12, 2020

The Subtle Power of Omission

I am helping to edit an online commentary that is sorted by books of the...

May 07, 2020

The Unique Beauty of Motherhood

My brother got married before I did. A couple years into his marriage, he told...