When the New Year arrived, I was ready to embrace the joy of new beginnings. Unfortunately, the next day, my service dog, Violet, needed...

It was just another pretty fall day in Geilenkirchen, Germany. I was a reservist in the USAF and a contract teacher at the elementary...

Tropical Storm Debby is sitting on top of my home. Bands of rain come and go. As I sip my morning coffee, looking out the window, the sky...

About ten years ago, I was recovering from a foot/ankle surgery due to an injury in Afghanistan that wasn’t healing the way it needed to....

Two weeks before I was leaving for Afghanistan for a year, my dad died. I did what any ‘good’ Airman would do: I put my emotions in a box...

This morning, I read a fascinating article about effective leadership based on self-reflection and self-awareness. With the furious pace...

Move Chairs & Move Towards What do you want to move towards? Do you know what the obstacles are? Very often, we know what we want to move...

I'm reading “The Art Spirit,” a compilation of Robert Henri’s thoughts. He is talking about the path of an artist, and he says this,...

Some thoughts as we bring in 2024. I usually write some deep thoughts about the opening of a new year. Instead, the thought that keeps...

Negative inner voice and self-talk Habitual negative inner self-talk steals away our happiness, yet we seem to struggle to stop the...