Don’t assume they do. — LOVE’S BOND We’ve all heard the saying that “LOVE cures all,” and though it is the driving motivator for a real bond in all human relationships, our need to love can quickly get messy by our OWN need to BE loved back. Never is this more true than with the parent and…

Why generalists triumph in a specialized world — Is GRIT the key to success? If you were to ask me just a few years ago, ” what’s the key to success?” I would not even hesitate to say GRIT! Even before reading Angela Duckworth’s phenomenal book, I would say if ever I succeeded at anything it was because I could outwork anyone. …

Why we should be worried about its threat of extinction. — My childhood memories are full of all the things I did when I was bored. Boredom, made a fort with my neighborhood besties in a dilapidated tree out in a field at the end of our cul-de-sac. It also led me to look up “Are Scorpions Poisonous” in the Encyclopedia…

How your family can live with purpose and intention. — Having a Life Purpose Having a life purpose is like a lighthouse. Whenever we get lost in the fog, we can look to the lighthouse for guidance. When we get off the path, a life-purpose can center us and bring us back on the journey we have decided that we want to take. Many…

Malcolm Gladwell “enough-shamed” Atticus Finch and I was appalled. Yes, I know Atticus Finch isn’t a real person. But great books DO become real to us, as they should if they’re done well. Reading entertains us at the least and inspires us to do better and make change at it’s…

Even when we have new and better information? — We have a very special relationship with our identities. We’ve worked on them for years. It’s hard for my husband to say that another team is better than the Lakers because he identifies as a Lakers fan through and through. …

How to own your thoughts to own your life. — One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned as an adult is that I am the sole person responsible for my thoughts AND feelings. No one person can tell us how to think or what to think and more importantly what to FEEL about those thoughts. Viktor Frankl changed modern psychology…

My journey to peace while watching my mother die. — In 2009 my husband and I were visiting family for Christmas. That year, one of the families had decided to only gift each other hand made presents. Brock and I loved this idea and planned to do the same the following year. Because I’m not great with tools, like my…

It’s just another excuse for not taking action. Like most things it depends on how you define it. So for starters, I 100% say YES and I 100% say NO. NO if your definition of Karma is: “it was meant to be” or “whatever happens happens” or the worst one, “let God and let be”. YES if you…