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Mental health challenges can be organic or emotional in nature. Severity can range from an acute reaction to life stress to full-blown episodes of illness. Signs can include erratic behavior, unpredictable moods – in technical terms, this is called being an emotional vampire, high levels of conflict with other people, or a loose grip on…

Maturity does two things for you. It provides you with opportunities you otherwise wouldn’t have. Perhaps most importantly, it makes your experience of life a much better one.   Genuinely mature people realize there are powers in the universe much greater than they are. They don’t try to play God, or make themselves a false…

Tomorrow is the 15 year anniversary of 9/11. I remember the stunned horror of that day like it was yesterday. I’m sure we all do. We remember where we were, who we were with, and what we thought and felt at the time. It was a day that deeply scarred our nation.   But it…

Leadership is a spiritual responsibility. It is a leader’s sacred duty to watch over those under their command. Leaders will be held accountable for how those serving under them fared. Too many leaders conduct themselves in defiance of that fact. They exploit their position for their own personal gain. They steal from their stakeholders. They…

One of the most critical questions you can ask about your workplace gets right to the heart of the matter. Is the problem individual a person of essentially good character who occasionally makes mistakes? Or are they an essentially flawed character who only occasionally manages not to mess things up? The answer to that question…

What do you do when go to the situation you’re facing overwhelms the resources you have to deal with it? First, you decide not to feel bad about yourself. All of us, at one point or another, have found ourselves in the middle of a mess. Sometimes we’ve made our own mistakes or poor choices.…

Today we are continuing our series on toxic workplaces. We can’t possibly solve something we don’t understand. Bad leaders create a lot of confusion about what is really going on in an organization. That dynamic is sometimes very deliberate. Some leaders operate in the shadows, making shady deals, telling lies, and pitting people against each…

Today we are going to begin a series of blogs that will serve as an online workshop you can benefit from in the comfort of your own home. We will start with written blogs and add video blogs as we go along. I also offer a workbook that expands on the mini-teachings the blogs will…

As we began discussing last week, addiction is a major source of trouble that invades every aspect of a person’s life. The individual may be addicted to a substance or activity. Or they may be involved in other people’s addictions. Or they may have grown up in a family that had an addict in it.…

As my business model has evolved into a part-time online ministry, a clear vision and cherished set of values has emerged. Since you’re following me, it’s only fair you know what my ministry is all about. I’m bold enough to claim the promises of God and set my sights on making a significant contribution to…