I wish I had a dollar for every time 11 year old son, Cash, said “candy corn” to me this week. I love Halloween for the costumes and colors and the excitement of being out and about trick or treating, but this “holiday” represents so much of what is messed up with our...

I did a DISC assessment recently and was going to over the results with the facilitator and she said, “You are very concerned with making mistakes.”  Some people might call this perfectionism, but I think of it as more of fear of failure mixed with an aversion to...

I think in a past life I was pioneer woman going out to settle new lands. I can see myself in a covered wagon going over dirt paths in a wagon, dealing with the dust and hardship with stoicism. I’m practical, efficient and uncomplaining, working sunup to sundown.  You...