Let’s Talk About Impeachment, Abortion, and Religion
If my 30-year friend from from middle school, Kellie Newton, had texted me to say, "Let's talk about impeachment, abortion, and religion!" I would have said, "I'm sorry, but I'm realllly busy this week! I need to clean the lint out of my dryer vent.. ...
3 Tips to Motivate Kids to do Their Schoolwork
Are you struggling to motivate kids to do their schoolwork? Well, not just kids in general, but specifically your own kids? Then this post is for you! The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of us to become homeschooling parents, much to our dism ...
If You Hate How You Look and Sound on Video…Watch This
If you hate how you look at sound on video, you're not alone! I hear from so many clients and friends that they also hate how they look and sound, so I recorded this video for them...and for you! With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping our world ...
How to Not Get Sucked into Your Kids’ Emotional Drama
The other day, one of my friends asked me, "How do I not get sucked into my kids' emotional drama?" First, I'll say it's pretty easy to get sucked in. As their emotion starts to ramp up, we feel ours ramping up, too. And, before we know it, our ...
After the Midterms
Today, conversations about politics with people on the other side of the aisle from you can be downright dangerous. Some people would advise that we all just stick to the topic of the weather, reminiscent of Henry Higgins' advice to Eliza Dooli ...
The Kavanaugh Crisis
Whenever a political crisis hits our nation, I immediately think of Kellie, my liberal friend in Seattle with whom I founded the Heart Perception Project after the tumultuous presidential election in 2016. I wonder what she's thinking, and I wonder if we ...
12 Upside-Down New Years Resolutions
Want to listen to this post? Click on the triangle in the audio bar below. I love New Year's Resolutions. Writing down my wide-eyed dreams for the next 365 days gives me great hope. But then, I hate New Year's Resolutions. Because around the middle of ...
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 ...
The Petak Who Didn’t Want to Move to Colorado
There was one Petak who didn't want to move to Colorado. He loved his home, his friends, his familiar hangouts, watching bluebirds every spring check out the houses for rent in the backyard. So, when the night came to load up the last of the riff-raff and ...