We have all learned to wear masks and protective armor from a young age, and rightfully so. The world is not a place to be vulnerable all the time. But if we never “let our guard down” or take off the masks and the armor, we never really feel free and whole. This teaching memoir…
“Each person’s life is lived as a series of conversations.” — Deborah Tanner Some of you who are wise elders will remember a form of communication we did in our childhoods with two soup cans strung about twenty to thirty feet apart with a string or wire, and we pretended they were phones or communicators…
My new book, Getting Naked, is soon to be published and the theme is the importance of finding the right person, the right place and the right time to be emotionally transparent. This book is NOT about physical nakedness. It’s about being emotionally naked, spiritually vulnerable, and the willingness to expose one’s deepest truth. It…
While you never want to be in a situation where you feel vulnerable not by choice, here I will highlight how understanding your emotional vulnerabilities and showing them to your partner (or maybe even friends and family) can help you grow stronger as a person and have a deeper understanding of self. Life hands us…
Being in a committed relationship is hard, and it can be more than worth it…unless you really like being alone and without someone to share your journey over time. After years of being a psychologist, a husband (twice) and a life and wellness coach, I have seen the good the bad and the ugly of…
Back when I was a college professor I taught a class on Dreams: Your Unconscious Story Teller. It was filled every quarter for the two years I taught it. Now as a Life and Wellness Coach, I assist people in sharing their dreams for their future. As we get older, we may not remember our…