The Gratitude List
When you find yourself feeling particularly ungrateful about your life — or a spiritual director or friend points out that you seem that way -- the gratitude list is a simple tool to help you stop and...
View ArticleBeing On Time
Being on time is not just about time management. If you're a chronically late person, it can carry behind it a lot of other issues. I fall short most days, but while my actions may not be perfect, I no...
View Article6 Tips for Being On Time
I've been chronically late my whole life. Here are 6 powerful tips that I've found very useful for changing my lifelong pattern. I hope they're helpful to you too.
View ArticleWaiting Patiently
In this Advent season of waiting, here are some thoughts and tips about how we react when we're on time and and someone or something else is late.
View ArticleHome for The Holidays When A Parent Is An Alcoholic or Addict
Are you going home or having family over for Christmas with trepidation because it means dealing with an alcoholic parent? Are you not going home for Christmas because, after years of discomfort,...
View Article6 Tips for Making It Through Christmas Family Gatherings
If you are heading into an uncomfortable family situation this weekend or next week, here are 6 simple tips to help you make it through. I learned them through hard-fought experience. I hope they're...
View ArticleStruggling with resolutions doesn’t mean you’re failing, just human
I haven't been doing my exercise, but does that mean I'm a bad person? Does it mean I've failed? No, it means I'm human. New Year's is the biggest swearing-off ritual around. But all too often the best...
View ArticleThe Selfishness of Being Late
I talk frequently about the spirituality of being on time, and a lot of the feedback I get is about how eye-opening it is to realize you are bothering others. So let me focus a little more sharply on...
View Article7 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Late
If you tend to be late for things, the best way to change -- the only way to change permanently -- is to change interiorly. Here's a tool that might help. When you are late, reflect on these 7...
View ArticleWhat Are You Giving Up for Lent?
Here's my Lenten challenge to you: Make a commitment to abstain from something you may have a compulsive relationship with starting Ash Wednesday and continuing for the duration of Lent until Easter....
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