Grief. It finds us early in life and never really ever lets go. Maybe that’s OK, in a ‘it’s part of being human’ kind of way. I wish it on no one. And it’s not my place to try to take it away from anyone.

My guest, Daniel Patterson, will be sharing his experience, wisdom, and many good ideas on how to help children and teens grow into competent, capable and self-assured adults.

Next Monday join me for a conversation with Doris Jones, LCSW. Doris and I will be talking about the many aspects of transitioning into retirement.

Next show I’ll be exploring the 4 parenting styles and looking at what’s effective and what doesn’t work very well. Almost every parent wants the best for his or her children. Effective parenting is a skill not taught in school.

Monday I’ll continue talking about family systems and add effective communication, roles people take on in a family and 'the basket of rocks'. Tune in to find out what that basket’s about.

Families are a ‘system’ and every person plays a part in how that system operates. Just like a place of business when everyone works together things go smoothly and people and the business have success.

This week we’re going to continue the topic of independent thinking and how to foster independent thinking in children and nurture cooperation.

My guest will be Julie Choquette, MFTI.

What makes us human? And what makes us individuals? Can we maintain our individuality when we’re hard wired to belong to a group? We used to think our ability to use tools separated us from the animal kingdom.

Hello and welcome to my very first radio show - Make Life Work. Every week I’ll be talking about people, culture and everything ‘humanity’ (animals, too - they're part of humanity).