The story of Darren and “Dan”.
When Darren was growing up as the youngest of 4 fairly competitive siblings, he decided to pour a lot of his effort and teenage energy into practicing racquet sports. If a sport used a racquet, he would play, and he particularly loved tennis and racquetball. Through some connections of his dad’s he gained access […]
A change in direction and an all-you-can-eat buffet.
I grew up in a very ‘traditional’ home. My mom was a ‘stay at home’ mom and my dad was a ‘work at the office’ dad. His office just happened to be at the hospital. Every now and then, back in the pre-seatbelt 70s, dad would get home from work and my parents would […]
Right Place. Right Time. Right Information.
I have a very specific group of friends – 10 boys – that I have kept in touch with for almost 20 years now. They were a big, opinionated, energetic bunch of teenagers then – and they are a big, opinionated, energetic bunch of men, now. We have shared good times and hard times […]
The sneaky snake of comparison
I have a client who has had a big year and has met many of her goals, professionally. It’s been the kind of year she probably felt was just a dream when she was taking exams and getting certified in her field. But when we met for our session this week she had started to […]
Tuesday nights and Anchoring.
If you asked me where I was on Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm from the time I was 8 until the time I was almost 18, I could tell you. (Cue the nerd alert!) I was watching Happy Days. Truth be told, I planned my life around Happy Days. Tuesdays – according to […]
Rocks and Sand.
Have you seen that object lesson with a big glass jar filled with big rocks and sand? Well, there is a big glass jar with big rocks inside and sand filling all the empty space. Can you picture it? I think the first time I saw this visual was in a church lesson and I […]
Grounding and Growth.
Fall is ending here in the West and leaves have dropped quickly, being replaced by the bare branches of winter. After all these years I’m still so amazed that in a few long months those trees will push new green growth out to the end of their branches – much to the relief of […]
Ride the wave.
When summer started 4 months ago, one of the first things Darren and I did was go with all the kids – and their kids — to California. There were 12 of us together for several days and it was all we wanted it to be. We loved every minute. At the end of […]
Madame Zeroni and the mountain.
I used to make my high school students watch the movie “Holes” in class each year. It was one of the only ‘legal’ PG movies we could show back then that didn’t require a permission slip. But that’s not why I had them watch it. It starred a high-school-aged up-and-comer named Shia LaBeouf and […]
Risk Management.
Early in the morning in early January of this year, my mom and all my siblings received a text from one of my older sisters telling us her oldest son had crash landed a small airplane he was piloting. Realizing some of us are worriers (ok, one of us) she started the text with “J.R. […]
