If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. (24)
~Ashley Hess
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. (24)
~Ashley Hess
The following post is a guest post by my wife, Erica. The topic of parenting is such an important one. So often, it seems to us that parents turn to shame and humiliation in order to get results and often feel trapped. Read on for Erica's thoughts. Several days ago a video swept the Internet,…
"Punting on feedback makes the (inevitable) truth that much harder to take." (12) ~Kaja Perina
Everyone has anxiety and stress. It is in how you have prepared for it and how you deal with that matters. Very rarely is the "event" actually an emergency or insurmountable obstacle. Our reactions to or lack of preparation for stressful situations are what we need to monitor. It is important to be able to…
Most of the time we want our situation to change when in reality we need to change who we are in relation to the situation. Situations cannot define us, how we respond to those situations often does define us. We need to increase our ability to stand up and carry on. (50)
"Most likely the in your life, the problem is not the problem. The way you are dealing with the problem is actually the problem." ~Robert Lehman, PhD, LPC (27)
“When you assume negative intent, you’re angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed.… You don’t get defensive. You don’t scream. You are trying to understand and listen because at your basic core you are saying, ‘Maybe they are saying something to me that I’m not hearing.” Indra…