We are too inclined for various reasons to see Lent as a period of sacrifice, and further, sacrifice as being abstinence and fasting. Keeping away. Letting go for a while. Not consuming.Yet sacrifice...
The Other Side
Have you ever felt under loved? Have you sensed that he or she is doing everything, and you can’t complain, but something still lacks? We want to be loved, but find sometimes, that we are surrounded by people who do what they think they need to and don’t really understand, value,...
Are you loving, competent, or both?
We live in a world subjected to corruption. Perfection, experienced momentarily, is the outcome of untiring efforts. Without conscious, constant effort to overcome corruption everything spoils, rots, or malfunctions. This...
3 Mistakes in Marriages
Happy marriages are hard-work-in-progress relationships, but too often people see the lack of conflict, or the lack of friction, as a sign of happy marriages. Nothing could be further than the truth.Perhaps some marriages are genuinely unworkable, but...
Don't waste pain
All of us suffer. The difference is that we can suffer pointlessly, or we can suffer productively. Pointless suffering primarily comes from 1. A desire to control others and manipulate outcomes. 2. Valuing yesterday over tomorrow. 3. ...
Under Training
Today is my Tenth Anniversary as an Independent Commercial Coach. It’s been a while since I wrote and sharing something today seemed like a good way to celebrate this day. For some of you this may not be a new learning but could serve as a reminder, or even a confirmation.Most of us find...
Every family has a flaw
Control. Pride. Vanity.This is how the “power, passion and personalities” manifest in relationships and families.It’s in every family - yours too.In normal families we can get away without needing to have daily interactions , or, rarely if ever,...
You & Your Family
People who make suggestions that do not trouble themselves, but needs others to act, respond, or change, are deluded in believing that they are adding value or helping in any way.Its only a lazy method of convincing self that “I did something”Everybody has some money. Even the beggar has a few...
My Wife: The Inadvertant Coach
My wife has been my inadvertent Coach, in that she is not always conscious of the impact she is having on my learning curve.Of course having successfully established myself as a Coach many years ago, she does take full credit for any...