Day One Hundred Sixty-Three of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Wanting To Want To!

Wanting to Want to! I often find myself asking clients, “What do you want (to do, be, have, accomplish, etc.)?” To be honest, I ask myself those same questions quite frequently along the way as well! Very often, the answer takes one of two paths. The first is something like, “What I DON’T want is […]
Day One Hundred Sixty-Two of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Flipping the Switch!

As part of my 365 day personal writing challenge in which I will write something on this site every day for the entire year of 2017, I’ve discovered that writing about short series topics helps me focus. I’ve been writing about Things That Bug Me. Today, I am switching gears. Today I begin a new […]
Day One Hundred Sixty-One of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Poor Listeners!

What Bugs Me About Communication? Listening! Well, to be more specific, Poor Listening! It happens all the time. Through the years, I’ve learned a thing or two about Poor Listeners. Following are a few clues that Poor Listening is either taking place or about to: “Huh? What’s that?” Glazed over eyes – looking straight at […]
Day One Hundred Sixty of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Rejection!

Rejection! I don’t like it! It really bugs me! I’m guessing it bugs you as well; however, it is something with which we all must deal from time to time. This is a tough one! Rejection! Ouch! The sting of rejection tends to condition us to shy away from asking questions; asking for favors; asking […]
Day One Hundred Fifty-Nine of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Dreams!

Dreams bug me! They just plain do! I’m not talking about the kind that may be termed good, bad or nightmares. I’m talking about the kind of dreams that keep us awake. The kind that haunt us at times. The kind that are born of passion. The kind that we wish to realize! The main […]
Day One Hundred Fifty-Eight of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Fit Throwers!

“You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit!” Dontcha love that? My wife recently finished a long-term counseling sub assignment at an elementary school where she worked directly with K – 2nd grade students. This particular statement came from a young kindergarten student when Vanessa instructed the young boy to take the […]
Day One Hundred Fifty-Seven of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Noise!

Peace and Quiet! I’m convinced that the world needs much more Peace and Quiet! I know that I do from time to time! We are inundated daily with constant noise from all kinds of sources! Traffic, radios, television, audio books, concerts, mp3 players, smart phones, tablets, laptops, videos on YouTube and Face Book and Twitter, […]
Day One Hundred Fifty-Six of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Incongruity!

False Advertising! That’s what Incongruity is! False Advertising! Some think of incongruity as anything that opposes their world view. That is NOT incongruity. That is disagreement! Incongruity occurs when something or someone acts in ways that are opposite of what their title implies. Let me give you a few examples. Incongruity happens when: Counselors […]
Day One Hundred Fifty-Five of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Birthdays!

Yep! You guessed it! I’m celebrating a birthday today and that is the inspiration for this post. Don’t get me wrong, I love birthdays – at least, most of the time. Birthdays are excuses to celebrate! Birthdays are opportunities to laugh, eat cake and give gifts. Birthdays also remind me that I’m aging and that’s […]
Day One Hundred Fifty-Four of 365 – Things That Bug Me: Clouded Perceptions

If you were to place four people on four different corners of a single intersection and then cause two cars to crash into one another, you would wind up with four different stories. And the funny thing about those four different stories is that they would all be true! They would be true based on […]