Blog Archive

Do you realize that in years to come, we’ll use the 2020 pandemic as defining line in history?   Future generations will say, “My mom survived the 2019 pandemic.” “My uncle died during the Great Pandemic.” “I ...

For more than a week, we addressed physical and emotional abuse in these JumpStarts and your responses were both touching and inspiring. Today we welcome Denise Bossarte, author of the new book “Thriving After Sexual Assualt” ...

Over the past few days I’ve sat through several long meetings with that “one person,”– you know the one, the man or woman who’s BUSTING to comment on everything! Observing my reaction to these two people, ...

Yesterday, I had a long and very pleasant conversation with four people I only knew casually, and do you want to know why our conversation went so nice? Conversely, a couple of months ago I talked ...

The other day, I was looking for something in my home and couldn’t find it.   After searching a while, I finally remembered that I have an On-Demand Guidance System, used it, and found what I was ...

Yesterday I saw the most amazing thing on the web — totally blew me away. It’s a slow-motion video of a snow leopard pouncing on a deer at the edge of a cliff and the two ...

The great Brian Tracy says, “Anyone on top didn’t just land there.”  I was reminded of the truth of that listening to David Spade interview Jerry Seinfeld for his podcast. It’s so easy to think of ...

As people age, they often consider what legacy they wish to create. I know that when my father was nearing the end of his life, he engaged in a mad scramble to change how people would ...

Walt Whitman said, “Be curious, not judgmental” and that’s good advice but there’s only one problem — it’s not easy, am I right? Judgments, on the other hand,  are all too easy!   A judgment settles the ...

One of the core concepts of DBT therapy is Radical Acceptance. Radical acceptance breaks through the resentment and frustration of a given situation and leads to an ability to manage our emotions — A VITAL SKILL. ...

I mentioned the “Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook” in a previous episode and today I want to share with you a core concept from DBT that EVERYONE can benefit from practicing called R.E.S.T.. I’ve been practicing R.E.S.T. ...

20 years ago when I was still a church minister, I went to a church leadership conference and they showed us a TV commercial for one of the attending megachurches. I’ve never forgotten that commercial and ...

When she was a little girl I taught my daughter to say a blessing at each meal and now she’s taught me a simple and profound blessing that grounds me in God’s goodness every time I ...

The other day I was watching a Seinfeld episode in which several characters discussed whether or not Elaine possessed the quality of grace. Grace is defined as “simple elegance or refinement of movement” or “courteous goodwill” ...

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” – JFK WOW, now THAT’S an intention, am I right? From ...

I got today’s title from Greg one of our regular JumpStarters who joins me live every day. According to Greg, “Altruistic Hedonism” is “feeling great by doing good” and in today’s JumpStart I tell you stories ...

WOW, what an afternoon I had yesterday, and the cast of characters included: (1) Rude Lyft Driver (1) Superhero of a mom and her little girl (1) Jaded (maybe even racist) cop The story is of ...

I spent the last several days with my daughter and her Husband in Kansas City. While I was there, I observed that my son-in-law has a morning ritual that seems to be for someone else but ...

Back when I used to grow a lot of plants, one of the first things I learned is that plants need to struggle to grow tall and strong. That’s why, as soon as a shoot breaks ...

Decades ago, I used to be into “practical jokes” — big time, until I pushed an April Fool’s gag a little too far. Today, Why that “joke” turned me off to pulling pranks on people Why ...

Do you struggle to remember things? Ever catch yourself walking into a room and wondering why? Ever walk out of a room and forget the very thing you went to get? Ever come home from the ...