Yesterday I shared our experience with having to reset Angela and coming out of a different kind of darkness. This continues that story and shows more clearly how we got there. We […]
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Out of a Different Kind of Darkness
I’m going to share a hard story with you about what’s been going on behind the scenes. It’s a story of struggle, perservance, and slow triumph and it’s still in-progress. I’m breaking […]
Work-Life Balance: Waking Up To The Real Problem (Part II)
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Michael Van Osch of ThinkTankMen.com. In Part I of this series, I talked about the real issue behind what we commonly call a lack of work-life […]
Work-Life Balance: Waking Up To The Real Problem (Part I)
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Michael Van Osch of ThinkTankMen.com. “Work-life Balance. Work-life balance. Work-life balance.” You hear about it a lot. And given some recent stats that show […]
A Different Past Would’ve Changed You — So What?
It’s natural to wonder about how much better your life might’ve been had you been born into different circumstances. A recent conversation with Tim Berry made me think about this. Tim is one of those […]
When It's Okay To Use People
Act that you use humanity, whether in your person or in another, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means.- Immanuel Kant You’re using me right now. […]
My Second Run At Being A Captain
I found myself missing being in the Army last week. When Angela found out about it, she didn’t find herself missing us being in the Army, so a constructive and transformative conversation […]
What I Believe
I believe … that we should measure our worth in lives changed rather than in dollars made. we each have something to contribute to the world and it’s our life’s work to […]
Join Us For A Twitter Block Party
I’ll be hosting a Twitter block party on Thursday, April 21st at 8pm EST. Pam Slim and Jonathan Fields will be my guest conversants and we’ll be talking about how to live […]
The Elephant We Call Life
There’s an old Hindu story about some blind wise men that each want to experience what an elephant is. The man who feels the elephant’s tail thinks the elephant is like a […]
Addicted to the Pulse
So many of us are addicted to the pulse. We’re either actively engaged in monitoring all the social media hubs or we’re wondering if something’s happened there. We don’t really want to […]
Which Type of Love Are You Cultivating?
Many of us are at a disadvantage when it comes to defining what love means, for many modern languages only have one word whose context determines the appropriate meaning. The Greeks were […]
What I'm Here To Do
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast for Productive Flourishing long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the […]
Take Care of Others by Taking Care of Yourself First
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Vlad Dolezal from Fun Life Development. It was the beginning of spring. The snow had just melted, and Agatha the Spider had gone outside […]
How to Flourish: 22 (More) Quotes on Living, Being, and Doing
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Ghandi “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” – Arthur […]
How Will You Use The Limited Time You Have?
On the Sunday morning before Thanksgiving, we got word that Angela’s grandmother had died overnight. Her death was completely unexpected – Angela had just talked to her a few days prior and […]
Getting Out of Urgency Mode and Having To Think Again
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ali Luke. For the whole summer, I was operating in urgency mode. Cleaning out our flat and moving house, a trip to India, finishing […]
How to Attract The Most Awesome People Into Your Life
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Vlad Dolezal from Fun Life Development. Let me tell you the story of a rabbit called Rabbit. It was a sunny spring day, and […]