RESOLVE to Live Forward

Three letters, one word ... In the context of Living Forward after a shattering life-changing experience, it may be the most important YES you will ever say. Today we talk about why saying YES to Living Forward opens a...

25-years ago today, September 11, 2001, we were brought to our knees. Many of you remember because you were there. This episode is a departure from my series that started back in April 2026. I want to share with all of...

When we are shattered by loss, devastation, and grief, we can start to fade, diminish, and become smaller, not physically but emotionally. Returning to a life lived in forward direction is not about forgetting or moving...

Choices .... Moment by moment, day after day, we make choices. Sometimes, the choices are made for us. That's part of life, but by and large, we are the agents of choices. We make choices all the time. That begs the...

What if I said, "The Teacher Will Always Be the Student"? If you think about it, teachers are continuous learners. Not only must they stay current with their craft, but they must understand the time changes the students...

Here's a quote for you, "Extraordinary lives are rarely built through extraordinary moments. They are built through ordinary choices repeated with extraordinary consistency." It's not about the seemingly BIG CHOICES...

Here's a quote for you: "Extraordinary lives are rarely built on extraordinary moments. More often, they're built on ordinary moments repeated with extraordinary consistency." I don't know who penned that quote, but I...

You were never created to remain who you were yesterday. Life's greatest adventure is BECOMING who you were always meant to be. You've heard the phrase, "Change is inevitable." It's a true statement, but change almost...

Our lives do not have to lose meaning after personal devastation. Yes, it's true that "Living Forward" after such times as these may seem meaningless and hopeless, but I have learned that living is a choice. Making the...

Have you ever noticed that our lives rarely change all at once? Yes, there are occasional life-altering events that occur such as death, accidents, loss of a job, and others, but usuually life is built around the...

Our "Character" is built one choice at a time. We are not born with a specific type of character. Our personal character is learned, and as we learn, we make more and more choices about that character. This brings us...

What is SELF-TALK? Simply put, self-talk is what we say to ourselves about ourselves. If we speak unkindly or harshly about ourselves we have a "Negative" self-talk. This kind of personal, inner conversation creates and...

The one person that gave your life meaning and purpose is gone. Where do I go from here? That's the expected question of the brokenhearted, but maybe the more important questions is, "WHO AM I NOW?" I've said it before...

What if I thought that I was healing, but suddenly I'm hurting again. I am learning that when I hurt again, it does NOT mean that my healing has failed or even had a setback or relapse. In our journey of grief, the...

Presence communicates things that words cannot. A text can convey information. An email can convey an idea, but eye-contact, a compassionate voice, a shared silence, even a hand on a shoulder, can communicate humanity...