So, I will put this out there first. I never said communication wasn’t important. And never pointed any fingers. All I Was saying… Is to maybe look at what barriers are affecting the level of communication. People, therapists, the “GURU’s” say all you gotta do is talk and things will somehow magically get better. Communicate… … Continue reading Episode 23…Messy but how to clean it Up? →

Maybe some of you would recognize the title as a play on words of a little tune that was popular a few years ago. If not, no big loss, I tried. Stand up comedy was never really my thing. When deciding about marriage and what was important to making it work, I came up with … Continue reading All about that safe….about that safe….no trouble! →

What exactly is the point of it all? The purpose? To communicate? To conversate? Why did language develop and why does it continue to do so? Does it actually make things easier? I think I have more grace with someone who doesn’t speak my language because I know deep down there is some serious barriers … Continue reading Episode 21…To Every Purpose… →

Wow…20 Weeks already. Nearly halfway through the year. Seems like I just begun. But here we are into Mother’s day weekend. It has been an incredible journey and on today’s episode we have two very special guests, without whom my wife would not be a mother. And I would not have the coolest tribe … Continue reading To all the Special Ladies! →

There is always a continuation. Life and learning are not sequential. There are many starts, stops, pauses, plateaus, uphill climbs, and downhill skids. You hope to find enough fun filled moments to offset the frustrating ones. You wonder what is next. If you have arrived. If you ever truly arrive. It all seems so elusive. … Continue reading Episode 19: Potpourri…Part 2! →

Yes, it is all over the place. Liz had no idea what I meant by potpourri. But I totally had the whole Jeopardy thing going on. To say that tonight was hard would be an understatement. Before we even got rolling with the recording we talked for about 45 minutes on what we were going … Continue reading Episode 18: Potpourri…Part 1 →

Is it even possible to run out of stuff to talk about? I will be completely honest, I have never been a big talker. I really don’t mind listening. It is entirely possible that my wife wishes I would talk more. Didn’t help that my role models were less than inquisitive. Could talk sure. My … Continue reading What to talk about…..when there is nothing to talk About. →

When do we really know if we are successful? I suppose some on the outside looking in might actually mistake me for successful. I’ve got the house. The wife. The kids. Running cars, water, and electricity. 2 Master’s degrees and about to finish my sixth year as a teacher. Whether or not I am successful … Continue reading Episode 16: Success….or Thoughts Thereof? →

So the the question again becomes, “What can you do in fifteen minutes?” If your intentional and extremely focused I would say a lot. Unless of course your trying to recreate the pyramids or something and then you may not get very far. In fifteen minutes I could: Upload this podcast. Get in a short … Continue reading “Without Intention, Nothing Specific Happens.” →

I am just glad this one got out. The technical difficulties alone were enough to nearly derail this one. We actually had to record this episode a second time because my media card decided it wanted to be corrupted and lose all the recordings on it. But prior to that the devil was hard at … Continue reading The One That Almost Wasn’t! →