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Maintaining a good relationship is hard. A happy, healthy partnership may get started easily enough, but that joyful honeymoon phase can pass all too quickly. Most truly blissful marriages are built on years of hard work. Thankfully,…

With less than 100 days until Rio hosts the Olympics, let’s see how heroes really influence us. Not the comic creations of Superman or Batman, but  everyday people who show that it’s possible to expand our sense of what it means to be…

I love long road trips. Though a glance out my window today still shows Spring in the Rockies, a mix of rain and light snow, or, “snizzle”,  it’s not too soon to plan for summer travel.   And, like most of us,  when I feel safe, I feel…

In a recent conversation, I made the comment, "I really do think Tyler Durden had it right." Of course, I looked back into the blank stares of the people around me trying to figure out the point I was working my way toward making. I am a…

I am a planner. I map out my appointments, play dates, deadlines, and nights out in my calendar, and set vacation iteneraties well in advance. I know where my toddler will be going to kindergarten, and he is already on the waiting list. I…

Maintaining a happy marriage is not easy. However, doing so can be one of the most rewarding and fulfilling accomplishments of a lifetime. According to the American Psychological Association, 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the…

Right here, right now, you are enough. You are enough if you are training for a marathon or nursing a child or screaming at one. You are enough if you are daydreaming or outlining your memoir or delivering a corporate presentation. You…

Fear is an ever-present challenge in most of our lives. Although we each have a vision of what we would like our little corner of the world to look like, there are a myriad of fears that can keep us from realizing our dreams and living…

Wisened beyond their years. Unexpectedly insightful. Worldly. However you explain it, you know when you encounter an old soul. You see, the funny thing about wisdom is the fact that it doesn't always have a direct correlation to age. For…