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Last week I got a chance to catch up with an old friend. It was good to talk to another man and not have to worry about if either of us is being too soft or too vulnerable. As I think about it, if our wives could have heard us talking they probably would have been horrified. Not because we were bein...

What a difference a day makes! I was planning to come on today and simply share my continued thought from yesterday. But since I last wrote, I have had the privilege to discover one of God's best teachers of the Bible. The reason I am starting with this is because I now have an even deeper understan...

It was in 2015 when I was at my very first motivational conference, Get Motivated Houston, when I heard Les Brown say, "You will fail your way to success." That conference changed my life. It was the first time I truly began to believe that I could be more than I have always been. Growing up in the ...

Most of the people that come to therapy are on the “worst” side of “for better or for worst.” I often ask, “what did you think ‘worst’ looked like?” The reality is that ‘worst’ is coming to visit every marriage and every relationship. It is not a matter of IF but WHEN will it come. Although everyone...

Most relationships are not destroyed by major events. Instead, most of them deteriorate over time because of small missed opportunities for connection. John Gottman calls these opportunities “bids for connection.” Here is an excerpt from his book, “What Makes Love Last”: In a committed relationship,...

Last night I was watching the Texans game. We finally beat the Patriots!! It was a really good game. We even threw in a trick play. At one point during the game, one of our players got hurt. I can’t remember who it was but he was laying on the field injured. When the “people who respond to injuries”...

Currently I am facing a difficult time in my personal life. I am in a place where I have to be patient through the process of growing. As I was coming back to the office I thought about how hard it is to work for something when you do not see any results. We want to see the “fruit of our labor” and ...

Week after week I find myself looking at my schedule and dreading certain days because I know it is going to be like pulling teeth working with certain clients. It’s not because I do not enjoy therapy. I LOVE the work I do. I love changing lives and helping people come out of the dark places they fi...