Honesty Is Killing Us
“We all lie like hell,” says Dr. Brad Blanton in his book Radical Honesty. “It wears us out…it is the major source of all human stress. It kills us.” July 7 was Tell the Truth Day, an unofficial holiday that encourages us to…
Quieting the Mind
Tai Chi for Quieting the Mind My YouTube show this week features Kim Colegrove. In 2014, Kim lost her husband David, a former police officer, to suicide. She created Pause First: Mindfulness for First Responders to…
International Day of Families: But Wait! Who’s My Family?
My Family May 15 was the International Day of Families, which is celebrated around the world. The Universal Peace Federation joins in observing this day because it holds that sustainable global peace is grounded in the family as the core unit of society….
Renewal Day
May 4 was Renewal Day, a day to resume or revive what or whom we have inadvertently or mistakenly left behind. Relationship Renewal When we think of renewal, we often think of relationships that have grown stale or have ended. It happens to all of us. We vow our marriage…
Gratitude for an Ex-Spouse
I was 20 when I married Steve Fiol, the father of my children, and the man with whom I planned to spend the rest of my life. I was 30 when we divorced. The divorce hurt like a death, and my mourning process…