It's always basketball season at our house. Kelly is 6'4" and I'm 5'10" so you can bet we've got some ballers in the home. Two have graduated so we're not spread as thin between all their activities, but our two youngest play on four separate teams when basketball season comes around. That's a lot of games to attend and a heck of a lot of practices to drive to. But they love it! At our youngest daughter's game last year I witnessed something you'd only see at a 6th grade girl

I vividly remember scanning the room as we knelt down. Taking in all the evidence of celebrity, I saw it for what it was--debris. Worthless glitter, mocking us with its uselessness.

It's been a wild ride the past week as three events showed me some of the highs and lows (spotlights and shadows if you will) of the...

If a major benefit of religious affiliation is connection, it seems counter-intuitive to be so intentionally separate. I imagine instead a world where religion is put on a big lazy susan and all are invited to partake at the big buffet, choosing what they like and dismissing sans-judgement what they don't.

Are you one of the lucky ones who often gets asked for advice? Thankfully, I am. And in those moments, instinctively excited to impart...

Gratitude isn't passive, it's powerful. When you make Vitamin G your most important supplement of the day, you not only improve yourself, you increase your ability to influence those around you.

Even when you do everything right, there are too many variables you can't control.

Who do you know that’s a native? The world needs variety and most people either love or hate them. But I do know we could use more of them.

What she needed was fan. And fans don’t coach.

One of the first questions you should ask your mentor is, "Who's mentoring you?"

“Um,” she admitted, “there was a string.”

As the people we praise watch myriad fans come as go, they begin to recognize what truly matters

Use the resistance. It's necessary for growth.

I’m all for acknowledging our emotions and letting our feelings matter. But in truth, a lot of the time, it's just really not that deep.

I've set goals with these guidelines for twelve years and for someone who really loves change and hates repetition, that's saying something!

The vulnerability of coaching yields incredible productivity. A starter and optimist by nature, getting people out of ruts is my wheelhouse.

Mess-ups are hard to swallow, but there’s a lesson in every one if you can be humble enough to learn it.

Solid ground is critical when it comes to making an unlikely or risky connection. Don't leave anything to chance.

Can you imagine a world where we didn't have to worry about being cancelled?

As emotions rise, objectivity tends to decline. This is why you need a shelf.