“When you're weary / Feeling small / When tears are in your eyes / I'll dry them all / I'm on your side / Oh, when times get rough / And friends just can't be found… —Simon & Garfunkel “The whole world is a narrow bridge and the essential thing is not to be afraid.”... Continue Reading →

“Faith is not certainty; it is the courage to live with uncertainty. Faith does not mean seeing the world as you would like it to be; it means seeing the world exactly as it is, yet never giving up the hope that we can make it better by the way we live – by acts... Continue Reading →

I can’t remember in my 30 years teaching communication, cultural communication / psychology and as a psychotherapist ever NOT using metaphors to make a point or to get a message across. Aristotle wrote, “to be a master of metaphor is a sign of genius.” Putting together lots of lesson plans along the way, I have... Continue Reading →

Note to readers, I understand TL;DR. This is a very long post. It could easily be broken up into three or more posts. Writing is a process and my intent is to make them short (and sweet) and for now, they are, as I am, a work in progress. I have been teaching communication for... Continue Reading →

Initially when I wrote this essay, it was as a goodbye, for now. Goodbye to something I have been working on for 49 days. What an odd thing to say, goodbye to a ritual, a habit, what is suppose to be a program of transformation and growth. It seems like only yesterday I bid farewell to... Continue Reading →

Does there have to be marital conflict? It’s fair to say conflict in marriage is inevitable, and it is perfectly normal. Marital conflict is a part of life. One of the oldest and most traditional of the marital vows consist of the famous words, “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in... Continue Reading →