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Personal Essay: Visiting the Margin
Well, I made it back from the hinterland. This summer, my family and I had the opportunity to visit America's last frontier - Alaska. And it surpassed all my expectations. Stunning scenery, unhampered wildlife and natural environs that satisfy all one's senses. I...
Change & Choice: Making Good Relationship Decisions
As you move toward the center of health (if this is an undefined term for you, see article on “The Four Corners of the Relationship Grid”), your tolerance will decrease toward unhealthy people. You will have a heightened awareness of those that have not done his/her...
Cookies for Dinner
As many of you know, I am indebted to Terry Real and his work in the creation of the Relational Life theory and practice (RLT). With the risk of being oh-so-clichés, it has changed my practice and my life. The precision and speed by which his model gets at the core of...
The Four Corners of the Relationship Grid
I am grateful to my mentor, Terry Real, for providing the frame of the information I am about to share with you. I have taken his work and expanded upon it but thanks to his great wisdom, he provides a blueprint to determine our "relational edge" which points to our...
Four Questions to Ponder
Remember those games when you were instructed to give your first response without thinking too much? We’re gonna play. These questions are designed to stir you in some of those deeper internal ways that we tend to avoid or distract from day in and day out. Ready? Here...
Personal Essay: Hockey as Life
My teenage son is a hockey goalie. Now growing up where snow was an anomaly, hockey was not a sport I was familiar with. When it came to skating, we Southerners stood on wheels, not on blades. Call it lack of availability or just too damn cold. We left ice skating for...
Part III: The Love Avoidant – Home at Last
Ok. Here we are again. My last article in the "Love Avoidant" series. So, we have explored the "what?" and the "how did this happen?" questions. In this final section, we delve into the "what do we do about it?" department. Hopefully, by this point, I have persuaded...
Personal Essay: Happily Every After
Long before we ever have children, we have fantasies of what they will be like. When I was a childless twenty-something, my future daughter was unencumbered. She could choose her heart's desire. At full range. Unlike me, she would not have to fight to be her true...
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