Three habits of trusted people

Three habits of trusted people

Stephen R. Covey wrote in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” There are probably millions of...
Rigid? Here’s how to become more flexible

Rigid? Here’s how to become more flexible

Ever wish you could break out of your established patterns and ways of being? The truth is that most of us are more comfortable acting in familiar ways and in typical situations. What do you do when those comfy habits aren’t working anymore? How do you overcome...
Sustaining hope in tough times

Sustaining hope in tough times

Those of us in the United States began our pandemic journey in March of 2020. Here we are in 2021, and we continue to be socially distanced (or arguing about its necessity) and awaiting the disbursement of the vaccine (or arguing about its safety). Life is far from...
Listening as a privilege

Listening as a privilege

“I want to write about the great and powerful thing that listening is. And how we forget it. And how we don’t listen to our children, or those we love. And least of all – which is so important, too – to those we do not love. But we should....