“Sometimes, it’s the people in your inner circle that keep you from fulfilling your destiny.“ I was sitting in an Advance Your Reach program when I heard a coach say that, and it struck me deeply. I began reflecting on the many times that had occurred in my history. I had just experienced a major…
With red eyes, brimming with tears, his voice broke as he choked out these words, “I was raised in a culture that does not treat women respectfully, and now I’ve lost my wife. I believed those cultural lies for so many years that it’s just too late to make a change, and it’s too late…
Something profound happened to me on that evening. Words that I heard challenged everything about my life. About how I thought. About how I viewed the world. I was a teenager, basically scared to death of life, and terrified by the world. I had arrived and didn’t quite understand why people were pouring into the…
“I knew she was already gone, but I was holding her in my arms, secretly hoping I was wrong. But I knew I wasn’t.” “I was 16 and she was like a sister to me, lying limp in my arms with no breath.” “I don’t really remember a lot about what else happened that night.…
“I just don’t think I can take it anymore!” were the words I heard between her sobs. “I never know what ‘next thing’ will be what takes my place! First it was the beer, then the porn, then the cigar bars every night, then sugar/carbs (and weight gain) and now it’s the gummies.” There’s always…
I had a blanket I was wrapped up in, so I could pull it up over my eyes when the witch came on the Wizard of Oz. My sister loved to watch that movie, and would beg me to watch it with her again and again. But it was a terrifying movie to me. Because…
“Buckle up securely and brace for impact.” I was terrified! We were descending quickly and you could see absolutely nothing in the white-out snowstorm. We knew we were descending quickly, and suddenly at touchdown we could see that we were landing horizontally across the runway. The plane spun, people screamed. I prayed, as I grabbed…
“What really matters becomes clearer, and you just don’t care about what doesn’t matter all that much.” She continued, “We (her partner and her) were talking about something that I used to be passionate about, and would jump in the middle of an argument about. But it surprised me when my response was, ‘I just…
“Chances are he will be unfaithful, and treat you poorly.“ I could not believe those were the words I heard from a friend who is a therapist. I was having lunch with two therapist friends, and one was sharing about her “new love“ with the other two of us. The first therapist’s statement was a…
I wanted to tell her she was just a “new kid on the block” and she didn’t have a clue what she was talking about. I had proposed, completed impeccable research and written a dynamite dissertation. My beloved major advisor, my great mentor, and my superhero, Dr. Pat Love, had left the University. Someone new…