You know that feeling when you're pouring your heart out trying to show love, but somehow it's just not landing? Like you're both speaking, but nobody's really hearing? Well, I've been there, and it's one of those relationship puzzles that can make you feel a little crazy.

Here's what I've learned:...

“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
- Joshua J. Marine

Life has this beautiful, sometimes terrifying way of presenting us with moments that stop us in our tracks. You know the ones I’m talking about those crossroads where your heart pounds a li...

“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.“

-The Talmud

Parents, your children are desperately craving your leadership, even when they’re pushing against every boundary you set. They truly need you to be their steady North Star, not their buddy who is afraid to ruffle feathers. Consistenc...

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.“

- John C. Maxwell

Picture this - you’re sitting on your front porch at 75, watching the sunset adorn the sky in orange and gold. Your back is straight, your joints move freely and you’re not counting pills or scheduling doctor visits. That Vision? It sta...

“Instruction is good for a child; but example is worth more.“

- Alexandre Dumas

Children learn so much more from watching you than from listening to you talk. They see everything you do-how you act when things go wrong. How you treat other people, and whether you keep your promises. When you work ...

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

- Mae West

Life truly is for the living, no matter where we came from, what we have or don’t have, what we’ve done or have not done, who we are versus who we would like to be. None of that really matters if we are determined to live the...

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”- Jim Rohn

Want to find more joy? Find a way to bring joy to someone else and you will find joy.
The curious thing about Joy is that you can’t get it unless you give it away. You may ask “how can I give it away if I don’t have...

“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.” ⁃ Heraclitus

So many of us misunderstand the power our choices have. It’s your power of choice that has you listening to this meditation. Your power of choice is what made ...

“ The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
⁃ Audrey Hepburn

Sexual intercourse: Here’s some cold, hard truth for today’s muse. Relationships based on a strong friendship can last a lifetime, while relationships based primarily on sex cannot. A couples time spent under the covers or in th...

Being good parents is far from easy. To borrow from Vernon Law's famous quote about Experience, "Parenting is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lesson afterward."

From a child's standpoint, it must be very frustrating to have parents who won't do what they're told, or what is suggest...