(cont. from previous post) 5. Failing to save kids from themselves. Years ago when our girls were small, I had been burning the candle at both ends, working, going to graduate school, and raising the kids. My wife asked me one evening when I was planning on taking a day off. I brushed her off,Continue reading “Mistakes parents make, prt. 2”
Category Archives: RELATIONSHIP STUFF
Full immersion counseling
In my last two posts I have talked about deeply transformational counseling. Those posts gave you an idea of what kinds of questions and issues you might expect a therapist to help you work through if your goal is pervasive spiritual transformation. In this post I want to focus on what will be required fromContinue reading “Full immersion counseling”
Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 2
In my previous post I tried to clearly show that the path to peace is to embrace powerlessness. I showed that we have very little power over most of the things we care most deeply about. The question is how do we actually embrace powerlessness? The answer is as common as it is profound: byContinue reading “Embracing Powerlessness, prt. 2”
Meditation (anxiety, prt. 3)
DON’T STOP READING!! No matter how much the word “meditation” makes you want to tune out, I encourage you to hang in there. Hang in there, even though meditation is seen by many as some esoteric practice, meant only for a) monks, nuns, and the hard-core religious; b) kooky, or touchy-feely people, both of whichContinue reading “Meditation (anxiety, prt. 3)”
The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 7
The journey continues. That I have been able to write nearly all of these posts without a tear shows how far we have come. Thank you for your time in reading and commenting on the posts in this series. I want to leave you with a few closing thoughts. 1. If this can happen inContinue reading “The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 7”
The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 6
[This is the true story of the darkest few months of my life. I hope and believe others can learn from it. It revolves around my daughter Anna, and Anna has reviewed and given her consent for me to post each of the parts in this series. It is her desire for others to learnContinue reading “The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 6”
The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 5
[This is the true story of the darkest few months of my life. I hope and believe others can learn from it. It revolves around my daughter Anna, and Anna has reviewed and given her consent for me to post each of the parts in this series. It is her desire for others toContinue reading “The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 5”
The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 4
The plan was to send Anna to an in-patient treatment facility after she was discharged from the hospital. The hospital had plans to send Anna to a place that her mom was not comfortable with. I shared Christy’s opinion, but there’s only one mama bear. Thankfully she stood her ground and insisted on doing researchContinue reading “The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 4”
The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 3
The open house on Saturday came off without a hitch. Other than Christy and I having to make up a reason that our youngest daughter was not at our oldest daughter’s open house, of course. We told everyone she was spending a few days being monitored at the hospital for a reaction she had toContinue reading “The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 3”
The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 2
When Anna woke up I quickly pulled myself together. I didn’t know what to say or how to say it. I was still scared and angry. I approached her bed and said, “You know that more than anything in the world right now I want to put on my counselor hat and figure out why andContinue reading “The Almost-Suicide of My Daughter, prt. 2”
Temp Arbor 