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This article was first published in Elephant Journal on February 16, 2019. “So, where are you from originally?” And there is a silence that’s a smidge too long for such an innocent question. I [...]

 Well, what did you expect? And now, you’re disappointed. Again. Unmet expectations are the silent relationship killer. You know you have them.  We all do.  We all assume that our partner should [...]

The last three days were brutal.  Any single thing on it’s own was no code red crisis, but the culmination of events left me exhausted and emotionally unable to engage. It started with work [...]

Here is the next installment of our series of blogs about Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina to discuss how these women leaders show up, achieve success, and deliver their message as they vie for [...]

There is a place in our reasearch, our reading and our observations where things begin to overlap, to repeat themselves.  It is like that busy intersection that you drive through each day to [...]

 “Our souls crave intimacy“—Erwin Raphael McManus.  I believe that is true.  We are a relational species and the majority of our activities can be traced back to [...]

“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to [...]

When she talks, it feels like a fork scraping against a stainless steel bowl. And she’s a talker. I love our conversations, but honestly, she can be hard to listen to.  And when we do [...]

I walk right into it. Should I have anticipated it? Maybe. It’s happened before. Should I have been better prepared?  Perhaps. Should I defend myself against the attack? I think [...]

Who put that in my way?  Did I? I sat at my desk a few weeks ago, waiting for a coworker.  We’ll call him Kevin.  Kevin and I have a standard weekly meeting, which we normally conduct by phone [...]