An elderly client told me years ago: “When I was a boy my mother said to me, ‘Son, everything in this life matters… just not very much.” Your life matters. It’s a one shot around this amazing spinning globe. Life is precious and rare in our end of the gal
Introduction: Thanks to my friend Katrina Wride Van Wagenen (the interior designer genius of Katrina Dawn Interiors). for being a guest blogger on The GREAT Relationships Blog. People benefit greatly from her infectious positivity. If you know me (Jonathan) I often speak about owning
“It’s the most wonderful stressful time of the year!” Holidays and family togetherness can be wonderful and/or miserable. Either way, there’s a LOT to do over the holidays and it can get pretty stressful, and tense, quite quickly. In response, a few years ago
I posted this picture on Facebook with the caption: “What? I don’t know. Why? Why not? And that sums it all up.” This is what I do in church. I doodle and sketch to entertain myself and my children. It actually helps me pay attention. Doodling can do that for ADHD fo
Last night in bed Kara looks at my pathetically hammered headphones (thanks kids!) that I had temporarily fixed with Gorilla Tape (think duct tape on steroids) and commented that she should’ve gotten me some new ones for Christmas. I told her, with a boyish twinkle in my eye she
“Moments are the molecules that make up eternity.” —Neal A. Maxwell I teach mindfulness practices and mindsets to my clients. I am grateful for the power these skills have had in my life for reducing stress and in some areas removing it completely, and for it’s impac
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And it can be the most stressful. In 2004, The American Psychological Association conducted a holiday stress survey and identified the top six stressors as follows: 1. Money2. Gift-giving3. Lack of time4. Families5. Diet6. Children’s iss