You’ve Got To Be In The Game! ⁃ Some might miss the opportunity to marry their peers by being out of the market (LDS Missions, Military Experience) ⁃ People who have had a bad relationship pull out of the market for years. ⁃ Too close to friends or family and it pulled them out of the […]

Closeness is one of the biggest cancers plaguing todays relationships. Technology overload, miscommunication and a variety of new choices today all expedite the problems of closeness. As marriage researcher, Kira Asatryan explains in her new book, “Stop Being Lonely” we have to combat the lack of closeness in the relationship if we are ever going […]

Humans tend to not excel and to improve something that they’re really not that “in” to!” The same is true whether it is our hobby of golf or our “love” in the marriage. When it comes to being “In Love”, it’s just as important to focus on the “In” as it is the “love.” I […]

I had Dr. Tim Pychyl who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, the Director of the Centre for Initiatives in Education on my radio show last week. He has a cross-appointment to the School of Linguistics and Language Studies. His most recent book is “Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for […]

Has someone you cared about ever passed away and only then, did you fully realize how much they had helped you to become a better person? Or inspired you to believe in yourself? Of all of the gifts that we could leave the people in our lives, truly the gift of “believing in oneself” has […]

Lead With Your Heart…Not Your Head In the end, let your heart be your guide. Follow the promptings from the heart. Sometimes what makes sense doesn’t always feel right so use your heart to feel your way through these tough times. Share your heartfelt stories. Write down your thoughts and share them when it’s appropriate. […]

Technology is a tool to improve our lives not to just escape life. Here are 8 different rules to teach your kids about how to live online without harming your offline world.   Use Tech to Live Life Not Avoid It Learn when to turn off technology (like during meals, conversations and in the evenings, […]

More than 20% of the population experience regular anxiety and “pressure” trying to deal with day-to-day pressures of life. The feelings are not just in the “head” of people with anxiety but also in the entire body as well. Anxiety creates an automatic response in the body that elevates heart rates, flushes the body and […]

Relationships are difficult with so many changing dynamics, differing personalities and problematic histories. Without Respect, Appreciation, Encouragement and Dedication, all relationships will suffer. Despite all of the confusion, there are four questions that can tell you how you’re doing at feeding your relationship’s most basic needs. By asking yourself these four questions you can begin […]

“It’s not the bars that hold the tiger in, it’s the space between the bars that hold the tiger in.”  Life is made up of two things, the tangibles (material or physical things) and the intangibles (immaterial or non-physical) things. Traditionally people place more value on attaining the tangibles (strong body, money, home, kids) than […]