Being a counselor, I practice some of the most intense forms of attunement and care, without getting anything in return but the...

I love helping people in my office. Usually the biggest thing I do for them is listen well. Yes, that's something their friends could do,...

One of the ugliest things I've learned in fifteen years in the counseling business is that I cannot trust insurance companies to do the...

Please beware any company telling you that they are glad to have you as a part of their "family." Lately I've heard from several clients...

I'm realizing as an entrepreneur I have an intense fear of being taken advantage of. That stress darkens everything I do and steals my...

Hitting "print" on a big project is often one of the hardest things for me to do. Everything else: brainstorming, asking for help,...

Sometimes my clients turn out to be people I really like. I think things like, "Man, it would be fun to go out for a beer with you..." or...

One of the best financial decisions I've ever made was to pay someone to do the terrible parts of being a small business owner. I say...

Four months ago, my church, The Grove, invited me to prepare a teaching for the fall on healthy sexuality. I was pumped. I've been...

Today I had people in my office on vastly different ends of the political spectrum. If they'd all been here at the same time, I may have...

I just got back from Destin, Florida. I don't even really like the beach. But when I asked my family what they wanted to do, they all...

What does it mean to be professional? Google says, professional (adj). - engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation...

A lot of the younger people I've met have a hard time wanting to be "professional." It's not that these people don't know how to look...