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October 2020

October 06, 2020

Regaining A Sense of Vision in Your Life

What are you doing today? Why? What is the purpose of your day? What do...

October 01, 2020

Stop Asking Yourself This Question

When I think about what derails my life, what causes me unnecessary pain, and what...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

How Intimacy Develops Through Suffering

Relationships are challenging. Just navigating the everyday minefield of expectations, little annoyance and grievances, and...

September 24, 2020

How to Bring Order to Your Relationship

There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to maintaining a healthy...

September 10, 2020

The Value and Danger of Routine

As much as we love adventure and excitement, human beings are creatures of habit. We...

September 03, 2020

The Value of Work

Too often, we view work as an obligation. A means to an end. A way...

September 01, 2020

Creating Crisis

Why do we wait until the last minute to do things? Why do we travel...

August 2020

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...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

The Spinning Plates of Purpose

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

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 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 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 09, 2020

Relationships are Forged in Fire

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

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 14, 2020

What To Do About Pain

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

May 05, 2020

Becoming a Faithful Witness

There are two things inherent in every human life. The desire to participate in purpose...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Defending a Win

There is something intoxicating about the feeling of a win. Life is full of challenges,...

March 2020

March 12, 2020

The Culture of A Family

Your family has a culture. What is it? How did it develop? Is it possible...

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 20, 2020

Alone in a Crowd

The Winter Season is a unique time in New York City. The streets are cold...

February 18, 2020

The Role of the President

With Presidents’ Day coming to a close and the election cycle reaching its climax this...

February 13, 2020

Changing Structures Rather Than Behaviors

I’ve started to notice a concerning pattern in my life. I want to do something,...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

The Greener Grass

Kylie and I have really lived an incredible life. We’ve traveled all over the world,...

January 28, 2020

Poverty and Poverty Mentality

We watched a movie recently that highlighted the difference between poverty (in a practical sense)...

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,...

January 16, 2020

How to Turn A Dream into A Vision

Martin Luther King Jr. is a celebrated American hero. In his fight for equality, he...

January 14, 2020

How To Weigh Your Options

All of life is about choice. We cannot control all of the consequences of our...

January 07, 2020

Problems, Problems Everywhere

We are a problem-seeking people. From the time we are young, our parents tell us...