From Brad
Change can be tough. Just ask Joseph. Last month he tipped the scales at 250 pounds and was diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes. His doctor warned him that he will face dire consequences unless he takes immediate steps to eat better, lose weight, and begin exercising. Unless he gets his diabetes [...]
From Ted
I have a bleeding disorder known as hemophilia. From time to time that causes me to have spontaneous episodes of internal bleeding (as well as those caused by traumatic experiences such as falls and the like). My sophomore year in college I fell on my hip during basketball practice, which caused a [...]
From Ted
This crossed my desk recently and I thought it would be a good idea to pass it on to our readers. I know I needed to hear this type of thing again. I would like to give credit to the author, but none was mentioned.
The story goes:
An elder Cherokee Native American was [...]
From Brad
I settled into my seat as the professor began the lecture. As soon as he started talking, I started feeling uncomfortable. I shifted in my seat. With each word he spoke, I found myself feeling more and more nauseous. It felt like the walls were closing in on me. [...]
From Ted
One of my clients recently asked me to share with them ideas on how to manage their anger. My theory is that denying or holding on to a feeling like anger simply makes it stronger. Feelings like anger (and all the others) have their origin with some kind of a physical sensation. [...]
From Ted
A friend called me from London and asked if I would consider presenting at a conference she was helping organize, called “Be the Change”. She knew of our work and our book, “The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge” that uses Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” to explain our perspective of how to help [...]
From Brad
The long awaited day has finally arrived. Your child is born. As parents you finally get to take your baby home. It is all very exciting and joyful. As you walk in the door, you suddenly realize they didn’t give you an instruction manual. What do we do from here?
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From Brad
Do you keep money secrets from your partner? Do you spend money without your partner’s knowledge? Do you hide your purchases from your partner? Do you tell your partner you spent less on something than you actually did? Do you have secret stashes of money that your partner knows nothing about? Have you made [...]
From Ted
A theme that keeps presenting itself in my work with couples, is the baffling reality that the ‘tools’ that many people use to be incredibly successful in their professional lives, are absolutely guaranteed to mess up an intimate relationship. I have the opportunity to work with some of the most successful professional people [...]
From Ted
We were in Kauai, Hawaii recently to among, other things, attend our son’s wedding. As we traveled around the island, it happened to be one of those days where it seemed like every 20 minutes another beautiful unexpected rainbow would appear. Once we actually saw a double rainbow. As I thought [...]
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