Truth and Grace

‘Truth comes from the mouths of babes.’  Isn’t that old cliché so true?  Kids can say the most unadulterated, brutal truth with such ease!  And when they say it, we don’t take offense to it because we know that it comes from a completely innocent place.  There is no...

Wherever You Go, There You Are

There was a story of two men in ancient times of walled off cities.  One man left his city and went on a trek seeking a better life.  He arrived at a new city’s gates and asked the woman what the city was like.  She asked him, “What was the city you came from like?” ...

Intimacy, Eyes, and Dogs

I had an immediate reaction to a study that my husband told me about.  He read that ‘if you look a dog in the eye and speak kindly to it, it will behave better.’  My immediate reaction was, ‘That goes for people, too!’ I see a lot of couples in my practice as a...

What Would You Say To Yourself?

If you could go back in time, say 10, 20, or 30 years, what would you say to yourself?  You’ve lived through some rough stuff since then.  You’ve gained wisdom from life experience that cannot be learned any better way than through living it.  You know things now that...