There are so many “stress-less” methods and techniques out there it’s hard to keep up. There’s breathing, meditation, and exercise. There’s super-foods, vitamins, and minerals. There’s this gizmo and that...

Tempers flare. Tension rises. Argument in full swing. What do you say…or not say?

So many of us just bite our tongue because we believe that that will stop the argument and make things better. And it will stop the argument because it takes...

“We always argue.” 

I’ve heard this many times. Between husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, co-workers, siblings, even a horse owner and her horse. 

We each want to blame the other guy. “It’s his...

On Mother’s Day, at our church, the mothers of the congregation receive a rose as a token of appreciation. It is tradition for the children to hand out these roses, not necessarily to their mother. This Mother’s Day, after the Sunday...

I had a conversation with my good friend Betty the other day. She was very frustrated with something that was going on in her life. Because we are friends, she was sharing her opinion, feelings, and distress with me concerning this...

Seeing is believing.  

Well, that’s how the saying goes but I’m not sure. Science has proven that much of what we “see” around us is actually filled in by the brain! In other words, your eyes see a little bit, and...

We have a young nephew who grunts to communicate. It’s cute, sure, but frustrating! His mom knows that he is trying to get something across, but as he gets older, his needs go beyond food and diaper change and she has no idea what he is...

Sometimes it can all feel so thankless. We spend all day doing things for others. Making lunches for the kids, cleaning the house, going to work to pay for the family’s expenses, and so on. But at the end of the day, no one is...

There are so many demands for our attention; bills to pay, kids to feed, a friend to phone, an appointment to make, an assignment to finish. We jump from one task to the next to the next. Completely unaware of our experiences. We have no idea how...

Have you ever wondered if the blue sky that I see is the same colour blue that you see? For all we know, I could be seeing a sky that is a completely different colour than you, but because we were both told that that colour is blue, we have...