Real love requires two authentic people who are genuine with one another. People bond most deeply when each of them is open to expressing what has really happened in their lives and how it made them who they are today. Unfortunately, human beings have a kind of emotional Achilles’ heel. So many of us believe […]
I have heard enough stories in my nearly three decades talking with people about their deepest concerns and most treasured goals to know that every one of us has someone in our lives who could use a knight today. I know that sounds a little bit like a Hallmark card, but I don’t mean it […]
We human beings want to be heard and understood. We want to find solid ground in relationships. That’s why we expend lots of energy and we experience no small amount of angst when those close to us—our family members or close friends or, sometimes, a business associate—seem unable to relate to us with understanding. We […]
When you try to outdistance your past, instead of turning to look at it and understand it, you will find that it can do damage to your future and that of your children, and perhaps their children as well. The very pain you deny can become your destiny—and theirs. That’s why it is your moral […]
So many of us try to live at a distance from our true emotions and our true goals. But what happens when we try to live lives dodging the truth is that it gets harder and harder to keep that truth from surfacing. We have to find ways to keep our minds from focusing on […]
I have had the incredible good fortune to listen to thousands of people tell me their most heartfelt thoughts on a whole range of topics. Those insights are ones I like to share with others. It makes them “go viral,” in a way. And I hope they enrich your life as they have enriched mine. […]
Most relationships can be fixed. That sounds like a bold statement, right? Well, having worked to strengthen or resurrect well over 5,000 personal and professional relationships during the past 25 years, I promise you it is true. Every relationship is a co-authored story. That includes marriages, friendships, business partnerships and employer-employee relationships. The tricky part […]