Calling Out Racial Bias (Kindly)
Choose wisely. Sometimes we have days, even weeks, to anticipate the choices we will make in a difficult conversation. Other times the opportunity is suddenly before us and we tiptoe trepidatiously into unknown waters. The latter was the setting for K ...
4 Steps to Civil Conversations: Hashing Out the Roy Moore Dilemma on Video
Nearly every day we are confronted with another national situation that fuels polarity. Most recently, it's the sexual misconduct allegations against Roy Moore, the conservative Republican judge in Alabama who is running in a tight race for US Senate. Eve ...
Pink Party Power: Poured Into to Pour Out
As we bring another Breast Cancer Awareness month to a close, I’m remembering… Cindy. Seven years ago, just a few days before my scheduled preventative bilateral mastectomy, a woman I hardly knew named Cindy Kreidel threw me a “Pink Party.” Complete wit ...
A Lot Like Skydiving
It feels a lot like skydiving, a bucket-list item my husband Brian and I checked off a few weeks ago, jumping out of a perfectly good plane at 14,000 feet into the unknown. Blue sky above, sea level far below. Wind slams violently against your skin, eyes ...
I’m Not a Hater
It’s the day after the election. Emotions are running high. Communication is super-charged with labels and insults, as articles and posts on social media are calling Trump-supporters uneducated, haters, bigots, and racists. But wise communication and the ...
Kimberly Moore Communicates Legacy of Hope
My phone rang the other night. It was my sister, Kimberly Moore. Her voice sparkled after having led another session of her study, Beauty in a Life Repurposed, at Exodus, the only organization in the state of Texas that provides a home for formerly incarc ...
Mother’s Day and the Danger of an Open-Door Policy
Last year, one of my blog posts received over 3,000 hits. I guess it hits a nerve for so many of us who wonder some days if we're making a difference. So, here it is again, just in time for Mother's Day. Click on the white triangle in the audio bar be ...
Finding Courage for the Scariest Step in Tough Conversations
“Would anyone like to role play a tough conversation?” I ask. By their response, it looks like I’ve asked if anyone would like their hair pulled out one strand at a time. They look down at the table, then sneak wide-eyed looks at each other. I had just ...
The #1 Key to Happy Relationships
I looked at the time. 6:13. My husband said he would be home by 6:00. The baby was crying, the toddler was pulling all the Tupperware out of the cupboard, the pork chops were cold, and I was ready to clock out. The front door opened. I stayed in the kitc ...
Paris Tragedy Makes us Treasure our Friends
The recent tragedy in Paris and stories of those who lost their friends make me pause to savor life and the priceless gift of friendship. I hold my treasures close. I know you do, too. Last weekend I visited Oregon where I had spent a few childhood ye ...