How Your Daily Routine Can Strengthen Your Family
Some days, I feel like someone pressed a button that put me on autopilot—when I do the same thing, over and over, every day. I’m the one, of course, who usually puts my daily routines in motion. But recently, I started thinking more about them. I realized that we either live life by design or […]
10 Texts to Send to Your College Student in their First 10 Days
Over the last few years, Susan and I have dropped off three of our kids at college. Each time was hard. Each time I cried all the way home. Like a lot of parents sending their freshman to college, Susan and I wondered, “Did we prepare them well? Did we do enough? Will they remember and put into practice everything we taught them?”
7 A’s to Help Your Kids Overcome Failure
One of the hardest things for a parent to have to deal with is to see their child struggle with failure. But how you handle things when they have blown it or not made the grade in some way can turn what seems to be a disaster into a rich learning experience. As a father […]
#115: Anger: Face It, Find It, Figure it Out (Podcast)
Today we will be sharing with you a little bit about a very important topic that we all have faced and we are all trying to figure out, and that issue is anger. Nobody likes it, but everybody deals with it. Why? Because anger has a way of sneaking up on us. Somehow small moments of frustration can quickly escalate into anger. But there’s hope! I believe that getting to the root of anger will help us deal with emotions in a healthy way.
What Will the Face of Your Family Look Like in 25 Years?
My wife, Susan, and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary this year. During our marriage, we’ve been blessed with five children, two that we were honored to adopt.
When we were first married, Susan and I dreamed of building a strong marriage and being great parents. We were also involved in our community and saw way too many people struggling in their marriages and with their children.
How to Have an Olympic-Gold Marriage
Like many of you, I am going to watch with admiration as the world’s finest athletes gather in Brazil this month to compete in the Olympics. Their pursuit of a medal requires dedication and determination. In the same way, to have an Olympic-gold marriage, a couple must be completely dedicated and fiercely determined to have a winning relationship.
#114: 4 Secrets You Must Know About Your Spouse (Podcast)
For many years, our family went to the lake house of our close friends. We always did a lot of water skiing there. My parents were part of a water ski show when they were young and I inherited their love for the sport. When it was my turn to ski, I always wanted Susan to go.
5 Reasons Unity Between a Mom and Dad is So Important
It’s a natural game for kids to play: if mom says “no” to something, they think “Let’s see what dad says!” If you’ve ever said “yes” when your spouse said “no,” you’ve discovered that unity between parents is critical to a healthy household and for healthy kids.
#113: 4 Ways to Crush Comparison in Marriage (Podcast)
The topic we will be discussing today is increasingly becoming more of an issue in relationships and in marriages – a lot of it has to do with technology and this is what it is: comparison.
If you feel like the marriage grass is greener on the other side when you look at other couples, it could be that you’re not watering your own lawn enough and spending too much time looking at theirs.
