How to Recover from a Crash and Burn
When self-destruction hits, why is exile essential? Learn how this period of separation helps you break cycles, start over, and transform your past into a powerful comeback story.
How to Help Friends Who Crash and Burn
What do you do when a good friend or family member is on course to crash and burn? How far do you go to help them? Learn crucial steps to take in helping people to recover.
why do Bad Things Happen to You?
Why do bad things keep happening in our lives? This post explores several possible reasons behind this challenging pattern and provides thoughtful ideas on how to reduce the frequency of negative events. It aims to offer insight and support to those seeking to break free from cycles of hardship.
Regret Proof Your Life With Better Decisions
Tired of bad decisions and future regret? Discover seven powerful keys to regret-proof your life by learning to be present, anticipate, and make wise choices.
Grieving a Loss is an Art
Grieving a profound loss like a parent's death is an art, not a formula. Learn vital principles for navigating the waves of sadness and processing the full depth of your unique grief.
Bruce Springsteen's Depression
If depression has its grip on you, you are not alone. Bruce Springsteen has dealt with it, along with self-loathing and feeling like an imposter, through his career. How have you dealt with it? This post offers some answers.
Aurora Shooting, Penn State Scandal. Can we forgive?
When tragedy happens at the hands of evil people, what role does forgiveness play in it? In the recent school shooting and university scandal, should the perpetrators be forgiven? Is it ever too soon to forgive?
Caring for Aging Parents - a positive story
Frustrated with how to best care for your aging parents? It’s often complicated by other family members. Here’s a positive story of caring for parents that might encourage you.
Grieving the Loss of Family Relationships
Feeling rejected by family? This article offers compassionate insights and practical 'rules of engagement' for navigating broken relationships when others aren't ready to reconcile.
Forgiving your Abuser - Eight steps to freedom
Should you forgive your abuser? Will it make you vulnerable to further abuse? This post shows how forgiveness actually gives you the ability to distance yourself from your abuser and move on with your life.
Forgiveness, Boundaries and Family
Offering forgiveness is not easy. There are many factors to consider. In this post I answer three questions from readers about forgiving family members and setting boundaries.
Tough Questions and Answers about Forgiveness
In this post I answer two tough questions from readers about forgiveness and setting boundaries. What questions do you have about forgiving others or being forgiven?
How to apologize well – Part Four: Rebuild Trust
How do you apologize well and sincerely? What practical steps can you take to restore a broken relationship and move toward healing? There are four important components to making an effective and meaningful apology. In this post, I focus on the fourth and final component: the process of rebuilding trust.
How To Apologize Well - Part Two: Express Sorrow
There are four key components to a true apology. But many people fail to offer all four well. In this post I discuss the importance of expressing true sorrow to regain the trust that has been broken in a relationship.
Forgiving the Unforgivable Taps a Divine Source
Some personal hurts are so deeply painful that they often feel completely unforgivable. However, with God’s help and guidance, what once seemed impossible can gradually become possible. This is the final post in a series that explores how to find the strength to forgive even the most painful and challenging hurts.
How to forgive the Unforgivable: Is it Foolishness?
This is part three in a series of posts considering whether or not it is possible to forgive all offenses. Is anything unforgivable?
How to Forgive the Unforgivable - part two
Is there any offense that can be considered unforgivable? This is part two in a discussion on the depths of forgiveness that God calls us to offer to those who have offended us.
how to forgive the Unforgivable
Is it truly possible to forgive everything that has been done to us? Are there actions or experiences that remain unforgivable, no matter the circumstances? This post delves into these challenging questions and examines the deeper, often complex levels of forgiveness.
How to Forgive: Forgiveness is a Choice
Forgiveness is something that many people often talk about but fail to truly put into practice. This is because it requires intentional effort and emotional work on our part. However, the process begins with one simple but powerful step: making a conscious choice. The question is, will you choose to forgive?
How to Forgive: See the Silver Lining
This post is part of a series that explores the practical and meaningful aspects of how to forgive. In particular, this post focuses on what it truly means to reframe your experience in a way that allows you to recognize and appreciate the silver lining within the challenges or difficulties that may have happened to you.