Responding to COVID-19. Dealing with the anxiety.
Don’t engage in fear shaming. Regardless of how you feel about the response to this situation, please avoid fear shaming. This particular virus of shame cuts both ways.
Let’s end the diseases of complaining and gossip
I despise it so much that I am about to institute a policy in our companies. It’s simple: if you complain or gossip, you’re fired. No write-ups. No warnings. Just gone.
The only way to deal with a virus is to kill it. Destroy it and that is what I want you and me to do. Because it will take all of us to remove this virus.
Change | Living | Main Ideas
Your life is written by the choices you make: Thoughts provoked by Hamilton the Musical
My daughter asked me what I thought about the musical and I told her that I loved it because I believe there are only two stories ever told; stories of brokenness and stories of redemption. Sometimes, both brokenness and redemption are weaved throughout the story.
To me, that is what makes Hamilton so profound. It tells the story of brokenness and redemption. It shows the messiness that is life.
Media Monday (12). The Emotionally Secure Couple Website
Did you know that The Emotionally Secure Couple book comes with a webpage dedicated as a resource site? You can find questions for a deeper discussion after each chapter. You can find videos where my wife and I illustrate necessary skills for good communication. Check it out! It's today's Media Monday. You can find it…
Do you give yourself a hall pass
Relationships are hard They can have painful experiences. Those painful experiences from past experiences can cast shadows into our current relationships. People are complicated messes. Even, perhaps especially, the people we love. Often, when I'm working with a couple I will see a phenomenon I call "Hall Pass." When they are feeling their loved ones…
Media Monday (11). Don’t wait to be happy
One of my favorite TED talks is this one by Shawn Achor. I quote this talk to many people and I often have clients watch it repeatedly. Give it a watch. Maybe part of your life will be changed. Media Monday is a series where I focus on something that I have created in…
Wait is this us? Thoughts on friendship and hurt.
Recently, my wife and I went out to dinner with friends. I was telling a story about how there was someone I had to interact with regularly, but I didn’t trust the person. The wife asked, “is this us?” I replied, “Yes, that’s exactly why we go out to dinner with you guys regularly.” I…
Media Monday (10). Life is hard, but we can do something about that.
Life is hard. Really hard. We can create a culture of encouragement. Media Monday is a series where I focus on something that I have created in another form of media. It's designed to help cross multiple learning styles.
Five things every relationship needs
In our ever increasingly busy society, I fear that we are losing time to educate and learn about relationships. And because of this, our relationships are suffering. Things like personal, emotional and feeling regulation are minimized. As humans, we crave relationships. And for some reason, we seem to be getting worse at doing something healthy…
Media Monday (9). I want to change so how do I?
So many people want to change but feel as though they are stuck forever in the same repetitive and destructive cycles. This podcast episode deals with the necessary process to change. Find it here.