Sometimes I remind THEM. My clients, that is. Sometimes THEY remind ME – OR they remind EACH OTHER in front of ME. It happened again two days ago. The intensity with which he said it: “I know – It’s supposed to be this way.” Though – And this is the tricky piece – […]
How to Recover Best – First, The Question “My husband said something hurtful to me, and I have a hard time with it. Sometimes I won’t think about it, other times it’s all I can think about. He has apologized and said that he didn’t mean it. I always tell him then […]
Many people will finally take a hold of themselves and initiate healthier living, eating and more moving around when they realize something. This one particular ‘something’. That they only got this one God-given body. Just one. That’s all we get. For life. There are no spares, like we have in the back of […]
I don’t know how we didn’t notice the progress being done. One day, we came back from church, and it was all completed. It’s not like the birds decided to do it in the back of the house somewhere we never go. They built it right here, on top of a light, right […]
These are the three rules that I’d advise you adopt in your marriage, whether you work with me or not. They are non-negotiable in my office – Once I start working with my couples, we discuss these right away. Session one, literally. If you’d rather watch a video where I talk about […]
Turns out I have a co-conspirator at the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Who knew? As a driver, I have a bunch of habits that (sometimes) my kids laugh at – like talking to other drivers while I’m on the road. But nothing irks me more than when people don’t use blinkers. I’m fine […]
Best of May’s Marriage Advice – On HONESTY Let me ask you something. How real have you been with your spouse about what’s going on between you two? And I don’t mean- how many times you said a thing or two, or much how much of the neighborhood heard about it also- […]
Feeling Oh-So-Grateful (Even If It’s NOT Thanksgiving) Get this – The year was 1974!!!!! I am putting al those exclamation points after because this is still incredibly MINDBLOWING to me. This is what we’re talking about today because someone just reminded me of this date again – Thank you, Serena Hicks, Dear.) […]
The Question You Ask and Why I don’t Answer So, you ask me this one question. Pretty frequently. And I don’t answer it – On purpose. What question is that? What do you charge? Or some version thereof. How much does it cost to work with you? How much are your packages? […]
Even when, or ESPECIALLY when… Your husband, your wife approaches you with a request, you have GOT to remember this one thing. That’s ALL that it is. A request. YOU (and I) get to decide what to do with it. And this isn’t me saying – don’t listen to your spouse. Don’t take […]
