One of the more difficult tasks we face in this life is how to rebuild trust in a relationship. Once trust is compromised or broken, there’s a suspicion present that wasn’t there before, and it’s palpable - everyone can feel it. So, what can you do? Are you just stuck until it goes away? How’s that just going to magically happen? There’s no “magic”, but there IS something you can do about it.

So, when you say you have reservations about something, you’re saying you’re waiting, right? Just like the restaurant, hotel and airline that has your reservation is now waiting on you.

So, you’re waiting. Waiting on what?

If you want to find out what someone’s priorities are in life, check out what they do, not what they say. See if their walk matches their talk. Actions really do speak louder than words, and people in your life are paying attention, whether you know it, or not.

As many of you know, I substitute teach in the public school system. I do it because I love to teach, I love making a difference and because I can - since I set my own schedule, I can move things around to make room for a day of classes.
Every now and then I get [...]

I was watching a favorite movie the other night (Moonstruck, starring Cher and Nicolas Cage) and a line jumped out at me and made me think. For those of you who’ve seen the movie, it was in the scene when Olympia Dukakis (who plays the Cher’s character’s mother) was being walked home by John Mahoney [...]

It’s certainly a gross understatement to say relationships are complicated. Who we are and how we act are influenced by so many things seen and unseen, and the same is true for everyone else. Relating to others can feel like walking through a mine field. One misstep and boom! - something unexpected blows up in [...]

It’s spring break this week for my kids, so they’re home and any form of a schedule has gone completely out the window. Last night, my daughter asked if her friend could spend the night, and I agreed, mostly because she’s bored out of her skull and the weather has turned rainy and cold. At [...]

Would that we could do everything we do in life because we want to, not because we have to, huh? But I wonder - where are the ‘have to’ things coming from? As adults, who’s in charge of us, bossing us around, telling us what we ‘have to’ do?
No one.
Every day we make thousands of [...]

I think we can all agree that most things we set out to do are easier to do when we have support and guidance. Makes sense, right? Want to lose weight? We call our friend and commit to exercising together. We have a major life decision to make? We call on those closest to us [...]

All those years, while I was so busy putting out fires caused by others’ choices, all I wanted was for them to be responsible for themselves. I wanted them to care enough about themselves to make better choices for themselves. But I was the pot calling the kettle black.
Where was their example of setting healthy [...]