The Daily Reminder

Laughter is the best. It is contagious, isn’t it?  You hear a child laughing and you can’t help but also find yourself giggling. This week, I want to challenge us all to use laughter and…

I have talked about how I believe Gary Chapman missed the 6th Love Language of cooking.  I use the topic of love languages a lot in therapy and I think most people find it to…

My kids don’t know it yet, but I am working on a gratitude scrapbook for them for Christmas. A couple of months ago, I found myself in a place of feeling pretty low. I felt…

I  have written about love notes to our kids before. In an era when our kids are continually flooded with information from websites, texts, and tweets, I want to continue to be a competing presence…

So this one might seem crazy, but I think our kids love when we are crazy.  You know how there are like crazy holidays on any given day? Like… did you know December 30 is…

I recently did a talk with a large group of middle schoolers about defining moments. The focus of this was multi-fold. First, to get them to see we have small decisions everyday that can make…

I know this wasn’t included in my original plan, but I think we should also include a solid couple of days devoted to the health of our marriage/relationship/partnership. If you are currently single, don’t worry,…

Do you guys remember Saturday Night Live back in the day? The episodes with Al Franken as Stuart Smalley – when he looks at himself in the mirror and says, “I’m good enough, I’m smart…

Three little letters add up to one big-time impact word – J.O.Y. Y’all, can I tell you how hard joy can be for some people? Including myself?  I have been in some very vulnerable conversations…