The Faith of Your Friends

The Faith of Your Friends

For a number of years, psychologist Henry Cloud led a support group for inpatients at a hospital who were struggling with addictions and other vexing life issues.In his book How People Grow, Cloud specifically recalls one of the group members whom we’ll call...
Conversation, Not Condemnation

Conversation, Not Condemnation

It may be hard to fathom, but the image above is one of the most famous paintings in the history of art.If you’ve ever strolled through a museum of modern art, you’ve probably thought, “My six-year-old could do that!” Or in the case of BlackSquare by Kazimir...
Starting Over

Starting Over

Carol Gardner was over a million dollars in debt from a failed real estate venture. She was 52 years old, divorced, and heartbroken.  She had no job, no income, and no prospects.  “My attorney just shook her head and said, ‘You need to get a therapist...
Elementary

Elementary

Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most famous fictional crime solver, died on December 1, 1893.That’s the date of the publication of “The Final Problem,” the last entry in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.  Holmes expired dramatically, locked in arm-to-arm combat with...
Who You Are vs. What You Do

Who You Are vs. What You Do

For Bukayo Saka, it was an exceedingly painful moment.He failed.  In front of a crowded stadium and a worldwide TV audience.Saka, a 19-year-old Londoner born to Nigerian parents, is one of the most highly regarded young players in the world’s most popular sport –...