People look to me as a counselor to help them resolve conflicts in their lives, and I want to help them! But there’s one thing that has to happen for progress to begin—a willingness to admit the problem. You might think, “Well, duh! Isn’t that what the client is doing when they come to see [...]
Have you ever tried to hide the fact that you have a cold? It’s kind of hard to do, but I’ve done it before. Recently I had a cold on the day that my husband and I were going to go on a date. In spite of my wayward nose, I decided that I felt [...]
Are you friends or enemies with the truth in your life? Very often when we face trials or long-standing problems, we become enemies of the truth. We feel that to know the truth is to know pain. But when we make truth our enemy, we invite denial into our lives—which only makes our situation worse [...]
I have a Facebook account and find that my “Wall” (where my friends write their thoughts and messages), gives me a wealth of funny, absurd, even thought-provoking material for my blog. Just the other day I saw someone comment to another FBF, “Just follow your heart.” And it was as if I could hear the [...]
My husband and I took a two-day trip down to the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois this past week. On one of those two days, we did some hiking. We wandered deep down into the forest on some trails. It took probably less than five minutes before we began to feel the heavy weight [...]
Have you ever been dealing with someone who just won’t tell you the truth? Let’s just say that it’s obvious that some type of deception or discrepancy has taken place, but the other person just won’t own up to the dastardly deed. You may resort to arguing—maybe even yelling—to force the issue, but the only [...]
