The Potential: Greatness Starts with You
The potential for everything great and the potential for everything terrible rests inside all human beings: what we do with…
Go to Bed Angry: Feel Better In the Morning
There is an old adage: “Never go to bed angry.” Despite the good intentions behind this saying, it might just…
Dealing with Addiction: Restoring Balance in the Family
Human homeostasis refers to the body’s ability to physically regulate its inner environment to ensure its balance in response to…
Trimming the Roast: Blindly Following in the Footsteps of Others
A little girl once asked her mother why she cut the ends off her roast beef before she cooked it.…
The Wise Deer and the Silly Squirrel: A Lesson in Patience
Co-written with my amazing daughter, Kaia. Once upon a time there lived a wise deer who taught many creatures of…
The Contributions of Burrhus, or: The Importance of Consistency in Parenting
The Skinner box was a specifically designed apparatus that involved a rat, a lever, and food pellets. The experiments done…
My Bad, Child: Accepting Responsibility for How We Shape Our Children
I once worked with a family who originally brought their 14 year-old daughter in for therapy; we’ll call the girl…
Nagging vs. Knowing: Saying More with Less
Most people have a tendency to use more words than necessary to communicate. Oftentimes we say things over and over…
Making A Moment: Putting Others First
Most of us are familiar with the phrase, “take a moment,” but I wonder what might happen if we traded…
Learning to Speak the Language: Abandoning Selfishness for Understanding
Once a girl from a very poor, remote country went to work in America. She learned to speak English, to…