People Who Suffer

My Bride turned 50 and had a big party that I almost couldn't make it to because of a massively painful shoulder injury. What I learned from all of it that may help you as well.

I get this question a lot. And it's not a completely simple question. Obviously, I'm biased, but that bias was not arrived at accidentally. Who's the therapist? Who's the coach? What knowing do they have that will impact my life? 

I had the great pleasure of joining my daughter Jaci and my second daughter Chelsey for a fun and deep conversation on their amazing podcast. This is a follow up to that with an invitation to join me for the most affordable and fun thing I've done as a coach. (And hopefully the most impactful!)

Few human emotions are as destructive as anger. Anger is particularly destructive to relationships and since relationships are the most important thing in life, an abundance of anger isn't a great thing. There seems to be an epidemic of it around the globe and it is all unnecessary. What is the antidote? Understanding it for what it is. 

Addiction isn't what we think it is. When it see it for what it actually is, addiction loses most of its power. When we see it from where we see clearly, it loses all of its power.

"It" can seem terrifying. "It" can seem overwhelming. "It" can cause us a lot of suffering. Seeing "It" from Understanding changes all that.

We live in a time where everything (and everyone) is getting labeled. This is absolutely not helpful in our pursuit of happiness or at least our pursuit of less suffering. Language is a great indicator of what we're thinking and it would serve us to be much more aware of our own language. The first thing to do is cut back on our tendency to label everything.

My delightful bride, Jilly joins me for a convo about what we learned from our pantry remodel and the powerful metaphor of the spiritual pantry we all have.

Burning man was a huge news story a couple of weeks ago and it just so happened that my friend Landon was there and joins me for a fun and insightful take on what happened, what could have happened, and powerful things we can learn from a wild experience!

A very important personal relationship had taken a turn that left me sad and it wasn't going to change on its own. I found myself being really protective of my feelings and what might happen if I texted or emailed and didn't hear back. I could have continued to protect my identity, but I didn't. Here's what happened.