"In his article “More teaching, less threatening can lead to greater influence,”* Joseph Grenny referred to a reaction parents can have that actually leads to misunderstanding. This reaction, called FAE (“fundamental attribution error”) happens when a parent assigns negative motives ...
For those of you who are parents, we know it can be an especially rocky road as you try to work through the grieving process yourself while parenting your child (or children) on your own. I read an interesting article, “More ...
The heat was oppressive. I'd never felt so hot and exhausted before, and I wondered if I could last for the next week of rehearsals under the scorching summer sun. It was the year after my husband drowned. A friend ...
As we approach what in the United States we call "Independence Day", it can be a good thing to look at our own lives and see just how independent we are, particularly as we navigate the journey through grief after ...
Seeing Possibilities I listened to a conversation about grief recently, and the idea was suggested that as we grieve, seeing people who are further along in the grieving process can help us to see the possibility of us getting there, ...
The Dinner Table I’ve heard and read recently from several different sources how dramatic a difference it can make in the life of a child if he or she grows up with a dinner table around which the family gathers ...
I was out shopping the other day and made a quick stop at a store for one item. I made the purchase and hurried out to my car, got in and turned the key. Nothing happened. I tried again, and ...
A new idea. Sometimes that’s all it takes to turn a corner. Often when I’ve been struggling with something - with grief, with disappointment, with the actions of another, or with a situation beyond my control, I have found that ...
How Do I Help My Child Grieve? Do you have children who are grieving the loss of their father? One thing I learned from Kent Allen, the counselor who produced videos for this website, was that I needed to be ...