Homeless Book Excerpt: Why Don’t They Stay with Family?

On any given day, there are just shy of half a million foster children in the United States.4  In the latest report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Ohio had 177,368 total referrals for child abuse and neglect. Of those, 80,762 reports were referred for investigation.5 In… Continue reading Homeless Book Excerpt: Why Don’t They Stay with Family?

Live and Die List

The turn of the year means a new day calendar. Ah yes, so many lines to fill and boxes to check. But then, I have to toss the old one in the trash and I hesitate. I flip through it. I marvel at the weeks that were a frenzy of scratches and side notes. Can… Continue reading Live and Die List

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Family First Values | AKA: Why Giving To Homeless Feels Wrong

Yesterday, Sage took to Facebook and mentioned that the charity was now grabbing some of our personal savings to stay afloat. I am a very private person, so this felt like he’d hung our underwear on the outside laundry line. And no, he didn’t check in with me before that post went out. Ehem. I… Continue reading Family First Values | AKA: Why Giving To Homeless Feels Wrong

Life Coaching is Weird

People who do what I do for a living (write, research & have theories about self improvement) brand themselves as Life Coaches. It’s just this thing you’re supposed to do. It sells books and lends credibility to your blog, I suppose. But there’s something about life coaching as a profession that makes me want to… Continue reading Life Coaching is Weird

WARNING: Read at Own Risk

  I write self help articles for a living. The last article I wrote was about cultivating happiness by choosing positive thought and making positive conversation as often as possible. I also touched on approaching negativity with a learning mindset. Sometimes my most popular articles are not always the most nuanced. I think people crave… Continue reading WARNING: Read at Own Risk

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The Things We Save

My Mother in Law saved her her dog’s tags. I can look at the year and know which dog likely wore each shiny medallion. I am saving them as treasures. I am not saving her over-50-piece set of Liberty Falls tiny houses. Which begs the question: why do we save the things we do? Turn… Continue reading The Things We Save

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Embrace Your Limits

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe We often define ourselves by our limits. This can be bad or this can be good. In the bad form, we fear our flaws, differences and supposed shortcomings and give them power. We allow the limits to loom large and… Continue reading Embrace Your Limits

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