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February 2021

February 25, 2021

When to Forfeit and When to Fight

There are two kinds of people in the world - those who give up too...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

The Thankfulness Game

Life is an exercise in perseverance. If nothing else, 2020 has taught us that. Although...

November 05, 2020

The Dizzying Journey Between Exile and Return

There are two sides to the coin of human experience: pain and joy; consolation and...

June 2020

June 16, 2020

Lessening The Drop

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

April 2020

April 09, 2020

The Unavoidable Cycle of Life, Death, and Resurrection

Throughout Christian Scripture, there is a repeated cycle of death and resurrection. Its greatest climax...

February 2020

February 27, 2020

How to Survive the Winter Gloom

Every year, I get a case of the winter glooms. Some years it is mild...

February 06, 2020

The Value of Suffering Together

During our struggles with infertility, we have discovered the value of suffering together. As our story...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

The Cycle of Giving Up

There is a consistent lie swirling through human culture. We have internalized it; believed it hook, line,...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

End Well

As soon as Christmas is over, we start looking toward New Years. A new start....

December 27, 2019

The Day After Christmas

I am a hard person to buy presents for. Always have been. I’m not much...

December 11, 2019

The Only Way to Heal

A few days ago, I accidentally nicked my finger on the edge of our table...

December 02, 2019

On the Other Side of Struggle

There is nothing like the feeling of overcoming a challenge. A good story is simply...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

The Path of Least Resistance

There is a subway station we go to almost every day. It is a major...

June 2019

June 07, 2019

How to Navigate Seasons of Transition

Every relationship (every person) goes through seasons of transition. We move. We become engaged, get...

February 2019

February 11, 2019

Can We Ever Truly Be Satisfied?

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

December 2018

December 19, 2018

How to Minimize the Depth of Our Despair

New Yorkers have a lot of strange habits. We live in a unique city, and...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

When Is Quitting Okay?

Our culture looks down on quitters. Quitting is a shameful behavior. But, at the same time, we...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

What Makes A Family?

As the trend of marrying later in life continues, more and more young adults are...

June 2018

June 15, 2018

Harness Expectations Before They Bury You

The development of expectations is natural and inevitable. Our entire lives are a pile of...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Why We’re So Obsessed With Newness

We live in a constantly changing world. In a rapidly progressing culture, we find ourselves...

April 23, 2018

Infertility and the Approach to Grief

My wife and I have been trying to get pregnant for more than a year....