Will You Be There for Me and Do You Care?  God’s Answer. In my work as a therapist and relationship coach I consistently encounter one fundamental issue that creates so many problems and so much pain for so many persons. From the day we are born each of us asks a life-determining question: Am I […]

Breaking Free from Shame, God’s Answer Which is more painful to believe:  I made a mistake, or I am a mistake. The “I am” belief will most assuredly cripple our lives and, if left unchecked, can kill.  It comes from the terminal disease of shame.  Shame is so deadly because it attacks the very core […]

How to become all God created you to be Psalm 139 tells us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made by a divine creator who does not make mistakes. By God’s design, therefore, we are exactly who he wants us to be. He can use everything that happens to us in life to shape us […]

How to Make Better Choices and Gain Better Outcomes             We all can remember times we made less than good choices and ended up with outcomes we did not want that, perhaps, created more problems than that choice tried to solve.  We often seek counseling in order to make better choices and get better outcomes.  […]

Transforming Resentment and Anger into Compassion             The problem with most anger management programs is that they try to teach you to stop and think, then make a better choice when anger kicks in.  The problem is that you are already angry.  Stop and think is too late.  You need an intervention that activates as […]