Is Co-Parenting Difficult?

Yes!  Co-parenting can be extremely challenging as parents frequently arrive at the table with two very different views of just what good parenting looks like.  But as tough as that is, what happens if you add a divorce to the mix?  If you are divorced, you are probably thinking, “Trying to co-parent is worse than…

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Is Communication an Illusion?

In a quote from a Fortune Magazine article, William H. Whyte said, “The great enemy of communication is the illusion of it.” That is an excellent picture of what so many individuals fall prey to. Your spouse wants you to communicate, so you make every effort to talk more with them. However, even though you…

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Is Information Important?

Well, of course information is important.  Without it we wouldn’t know how to do things, how to get somewhere, and so on.  So, maybe the real question to ask would be, how important is information?  You see, there are limitations to the benefits of information.  As my friend Pete writes in his book At the…

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Is it on Purpose?

It Is 3:00 AM and it is starting again . . . his snoring.  You lay in bed getting more irritated by the minute.  Part of your irritation is because you can’t sleep, which of course contributes to you being tired, which in turn contributes to your irritation.  The longer you listen to the snoring,…

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Is it Real or Simply Tradition?

I find it interesting to read about wedding traditions in various cultures.  Some may seem to make sense – such as the practice that began in the south, where there are two wedding cakes.  The second cake is called the “groom’s cake” whose design is more masculine.  However, other practices such as trashing the wedding…

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Is It Real?

It seems that we are hearing lots today about “fake news.”  As I heard Denzel Washington say, “If you don’t watch the news you are uninformed and if you watch the news you are misinformed.”  He went on to say that media is more concerned about being the first to report something than they are…

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Is It Time to Clean Out the Cobwebs?

After a long day or exhausting week at work, it is so very easy to become a couch potato – binge watching on “Shark Tank” and eating more cookies and chips than is good for us. I know, because I’ve done it too. Maybe it’s time to take inventory, clean out the cobwebs in our…

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Is it Time to Rewire?

Oh how words have changed.  In years gone by, many people would purchase “used” cars, but not anymore.  Now we buy “previously owned” vehicles.  Buildings were remodeled but now they are re-purposed.  And the one I heard recently was spoken by the famous Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who is more frequently simply known as “Dr. Ruth.”…

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Is It Too Late for the Next Chapter?

Our lives are often like chapters in a book. We all have had the “growing up at home” chapter. From there we may have had the “go to college” chapter, the “begin a career,” “get married and have kids” chapters, and so on. But frequently someone may find themselves feeling stuck in a job that…

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