I earned a Master’s degree in counseling and have done a fair amount of counseling over the years. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of personal coaching for leaders and for people wanting to make progress in their lives or...
As we all gear up for Christmas we can’t help but feel differently than we ever have before. COVID has changed everything for us all, from our emotional and mental health to our relational opportunities and spiritual security. It’s interesting...
Lately, I’ve found myself in a number of environments where I get the privilege of coaching and developing people. In my contexts, it’s a lot of leaders who I coach but I found there are a number of characteristics that...
If you’re anything like me, waiting is not something you enjoy. It feels inefficient, a waste of time. Every time I call a business and learn my wait time is anything more than 3-4 minutes, I tend to move the...
In every marriage (and even lots of close relationships) the couple gets in a pattern or cycle. One person behaves in a certain way (often flowing from a thought pattern, insecurity, or past wound) and the other person then reacts...
Many of you know that I’ve struggled with a few different types of anxiety. There are so many factors that play into it and so many ways we try to deal with it. I wanted to share a simple tool...
“Life is about relationships; the rest is just furniture in the room”. – Dr. Frank Green. Through an intensive formation experience with Dr. Frank Green, I quickly realized how most of my life had been focused on “furniture”, those non-relational...
I have learned so much over the past few months and seen significant shifts in some of my values and priorities. One discovery I made was not so much a new discovery but a refreshing rediscovery: people are amazing. As...
“If you think you’re a leader and no one is following you, you’re simply just going for a walk.” Have you ever wondered why you can have the best plans, a compelling vision and even a great strategy and yet...
It’s already been weeks for most of us where we’ve been under a “shelter in place” order or something similar. Most however are still not quite adjusted to a “new normal” and some don’t want to adjust at all. I’ve...