Occupation: Clinical Psychologist Birth: 1956
Being right can never compete with doing well..
Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears..
Grief is accepting the reality of what is. That is grief's job and purpose-to allow us to come to terms with the way things really are, so that we ca….
When we ask we are owning our needs. Asking for love, comfort or understanding is a transaction between two people. You are saying: I have a need. It….
True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree..
If people are really narcissistic or have a need to be seen as more than they really are, or to be admired as having it all together, then they canno….
Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls..
Spouses in healthy relationships cherish each other's space and are champions of each other's causes..
To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless..
Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over..
Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen..
Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it..
When a person travels through a few years with an organization, or with a partnership, or any other kind of working association, he leaves a 'wake' b….
Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person..
Don't go overboard in praising required behavior: 'We have only done our duty' (Luke 17:10). But do go overboard when your child confesses the truth,….
People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari - like they're trying to land the trophy..
There is a big difference between hurt and harm. We all hurt sometimes in facing hard truths, but it makes us grow. It can be the source of huge grow….
Oftentimes, churches are started by an entrepreneurial church plant visionary whom everybody follows, but he's not following anybody. Even though he'….
When leaders lead in ways that people's brains can follow, good results follow as well..
When we can't hold back, or set boundaries, on what comes from our lips, our words are in charge-not us. But we are still responsible for those words….
Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love ….