Have you hugged your kid today? Hugs can NEVER be overrated. Hugs are powerful…oxytocin is released during a hug…it connects people, it calms the soul, and soothes troubled emotions. Hugs help children settle, it “slows down a racing engine”, it reduces pain. Hugging is part of spending time, showing you care, nurturing and loving another. …
Being the Right Partner
Marriage is not about finding the right person. It’s about becoming the right person. Elliot Katz, A divorced man whose done some thinking Psychology Today has a great article on marriage which I devoured the other day. It’s a fabulous piece that will likely be hard to read for those spouses who want to …
Is Prayer Shameful?
I was listening to a this week’s show of DNTO (Definitely Not The Opera)—the focus of the show was on prayer. A dear friend had sent me the link…as a quirky, sometimes irrereverant variety of viewpoints on prayer. I listened to a variety of people being interviewed on how and when they pray and what …
Anger on Richard Cloutier Radio
Rod Minaker and I were with Richard Cloutier on Thursday at CJOB talking about anger…he wanted to talk about the perception that anger is “bad”…which is understandable, given that most of our most memorable stick-to-the-ribs recollections of anger were scary and not something we’d want to repeat. We talked about anger as information that is …
A LIttle Beauty…A Little Perspective
I find myself going over to The United Kingdom’s The Guardian page of “24 Hours in Pictures” occasionally. The pictures are stunning…images captured within a specific day around the world. Some beautiful, some remarkable, some depicting bravery or courage or suffering. It reminds me of the global community, it helps me breath deeply and get …
CJOB Talk Show
If you have a few minutes on Thursday, January 5th, between 10 am and noon, check out CJOB 68…Rod Minaker and I will be talking with Richard Cloutier about anger. We had a great chat with Richard before Christmas talking about the topic at a coffee chop and look forward to talking with him on …
While you can…
I saw the movie The Descendants on New Year’s Eve, on the recommendation of a good friend of mine. She said the cinematography was beautiful (and it was) and George Clooney was in it…that sold me. ☺ Nothing like a movie set in Hawaii on a winter’s afternoon in Winterpeg! It was a fitting movie …
A Thought
If a couple is unable to have a fight and so bring up what is on their minds, they are dealing with each other by withdrawal techniques… With each avoidance, the area that cannot be discussed grows larger until ultimately they may have nothing they can safely talk about. When a couple cannot fight, all …
The Encouragement Fiasco
Sometimes, as I endeavor to be an encouraging presence in someone else’s life, it backfires…instead of being a blessing, I walk away as the one blessed. I went to see Linda at the John Howard Society a couple of weeks back…we both have common interests in working constructively with men who get themselves into trouble. …
Creating Hope in Winter
This is the day I think of as “So Low That Down Is Up” day…the day where there is more darkness than any other day of the year. I’m a light-lover by nature, and so these long cold winter nights are hard on me. Not only me. I think the majority of us are affected …