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Seven years ago when my brother Bart was killed by a police officer, I was immobilized by grief. My son D2 was just two years old and it was all I could do to function on a day to day basis let [...]

We are three weeks into the new year.  How are you doing? Are you sticking to your commitments? This year, I decided to focus on just a few high-impact goals for 2016. I’ve had a lot of [...]

  Every now and then, I run across an article that makes me question whether we are truly living in the year 2014. Susan Patton, who’s latest op-ed ran in the Wall Street Journal last [...]

It was a play date that started out pretty much like all play dates.  D2 and his pre-school classmate Meena were playing in the tee pee in his room. Meena’s mom and I were chilling out in [...]

A couple of weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal posted this article on clutter.  The essence is that when couples fight over clutter, it  tends to be really about power and control. The article [...]

  Recently, I sat down with Alisha Walker, one of half of the dynamic duo known as the Marriage Coaches.  Alisha, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and her husband Ben, a minister, are on a [...]

Last weekend I watched the hilarious comedy Bridesmaids.  Besides being a side-splittingly funny view of two best friends’ (one the bride and the other the maid of honor) adventures in [...]

My boss, a retired Navy admiral, likes to tell this joke about a conversation he had with his wife: Her: You’re the General and I’m the Major. Him: That’s great! Sounds good to [...]

When was the last time you failed? I don’t mean a little mistake. When was the last time you experienced a bona-fide, gut-wrenching, FUBAR failure? I used to be afraid to fail. I think I [...]

The E! Channel just started re-running Sex and the City, one of my all-time favorite television series. When SATC came out, I was living in New York and working as an  account executive at a big [...]