We are a work in progress and after 18 years of marriage, this month here are a few things I have learned. 1. Love is a choice every day. The feelings, emotions, and sexual energy will come and go through the decades. Love is a daily decision that multiplies over the decades. 2. You can…
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The Weapons of False Security I saw a monk working alone in the vegetable garden. I squatted down beside him and said, “Brother, what is your dream?” He just looked straight at me. What a beautiful face he had. “I would like to become a monk,” he answered. “But brother, you are a monk, aren’t…
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Emotional UnHealth is Stunting the Growth of Your Team and Marriage The way I steward my own personal emotional health can bring health and healing to emotionally unhealthy systems; ie your company or marriage. I am responsible 100% for my emotions. I am not responsible for others’ emotions. And learning the difference and coaching could be what accelerates your…
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I love dreaming, planning, and putting my futuristic Strengths Finder gift to work during this season. I can anticipate and articulate organizational and personal goals well. I can see beyond the short-term anxiety and dream about what could be during the next season. At the same time, I easily get ahead in evaluating past and current circumstances that may…
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Depending on when you read this there are 60+/- days remaining in 2022. Here is how to maximize your 2022 and plan for 2023. One question before you continue. Are you prepared right now to hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Stewardship is how you will maximize 2022 and 2023. A steward is someone that…
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Let me introduce you to Mushanga, but first some context. We are bombarded with images on an ongoing basis that we rarely take time to process what our eyes are seeing and how it can capture our hearts. Earlier this year I was doing advanced coach training around Coaching the Whole Person and one of the…
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Everyone struggles with confidence. The most successful military and Olympic athletes struggle. The weekend warrior struggles and the heroic mom. Recently I finished The Confident Mind by Dr. Nate Zinsser and thought I would share a few notes I captured that I found helpful. Dr. Nate Zinsser shares stories of military personnel and world-class athletes looking to make progress. In…
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Are you falling on your own leadership sword? Jump over to the video summary on YouTube. The video offers more depth, insight, and passion. I finished reading I Samuel this morning and wanted to share three perspectives about why Saul took his own life and made a choice to fall on his sword. There is a battle…
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Life has a way of wearing us down. Draining our energy. Making us exhausted. What do we do when we are tired? The desire for love and life is not the same. The discipline to train our mind, body, and soul for transformation has been given over to the toxicity of the never-ending pursuit of success. …
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Is Change Possible? Yes. Only to the degree that we are willing to put on a new identity. The habits and decisions you make are based on the identity that you perceive that you have on the inside. We get stuck when we are making decisions based on the outside reality. I had a friend that…
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