Two things often hold us back from trying new things. Imposter syndrome and embarrassment from failure. In this episode, I explore why we struggle with those things and what we can do to overcome them.

Examining our own expectations of what we wanted to happen can be as important as how we experienced what actually happened.

Do you know your own core values? Can you articulate them? What does it mean to live them out? This episode deals with four questions that offer a framework to ponder our current life and our future.

Someone once told that they believed the biggest stressor on marriage was kids. Often, a question I hear is, what does it mean to be unified? How do we parent during a conflict and be on the same page? How should we decide if we behaved correctly? What exactly is moral reasoning?

How do we communicate in a healthy way when we disagree? Not talking is not working. We can do better by engaging in a healthy way.

There is no growth or change without pain. There is no path forward that isn't hard. These three tools can help you make sure you pick the pain and the path that leads to the change that brings the most health and the greatest benefit.

Change starts in honesty. So often, we lie to ourselves about where we are at in society. We refuse to do the work and then get salty when we fail to see the progress. It's time to change that.

We often cannot control what happens to us, we can control how we respond. We might have to let the initial emotion pass through us without action and then move forward, but we almost always control how we move forward. We can only play the cards in front of us.

Commitment creates capability. Often people stop their commitment because they don't feel they have the capabilities. What if we flipped that idea?

To effectively live well, we must take ownership of our own life. We have to both accept what has happened and look with a plan toward the future.