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Do you want her to hear you? You must hear her first. Do you want him to see your perspective? You must see his perspective first.  Being SEEN and HEARD is important to any relationship that has depth and vitality. The person in front of you has DIGNITY.  God made him or her.  Recognizing the…

Our children, at any age, are always hoping to feel loved by us.  Receiving love from your mom and dad is a primary psychological drive. It’s a reason why psychologists are always trying to get you to straighten out your relationships with your parents.  As parents, let’s make sure we fulfill our role. It’s our…

Asking Permission Advice. We love to dish it out.  We hate unsolicited advice. It feels like we are being judged.  So often, unsolicited advice is not on point. It doesn’t take into account what we’ve tried to do already. Or our circumstances, values, perspectives, strengths, and limitations.  Our young adult kids hate it, too.  Thing…

Always a Parent My Uber driver was having a mildly heated cell phone conversation. He hung up and apologized to me with a super-charming Middle Eastern accent, “Sorry, I had to take that call from my kid. He’s 35 years old. Oh my Godt, the parenting, it never ends! Never! “  He was frustrated but…

We enjoyed our conversation with the lovely Noreen Mcinnes.  Her book, Keep at it, Riley! is a memoir of her accompaniment of her parents through aging, sickness, and death.  She shared some touching stories and insights from her experiences.  Raised as an Irish Catholic, they had a kind of family motto “Keep at it, Riley!”…

We are talking about happiness, striving for happiness, because it’s important in everything you do.  Happiness sets us up for success – in spiritual life, and in areas of life including the buckets of Work, Love, and Play.  Create an ethic to choose happiness.  We often consciously prioritize certain activities or areas of life to…

We’ve been discussing happiness.  Aquinas views the desire for happiness as ingrained in and being inseparable from, our humanity. We want to be with God because we desire happiness. We are made for Him.  There are some schools of thought based on an idea that we should be disinterested in happiness and entirely focused on…

It is important as spiritual beings, as Christians, and as Catholics to strive for happiness. And we can make a lot of choices for it that are perfectly in alignment with our highest values and everything we believe. Happiness helps us be what God intends.  Happiness is a lot more than feeling good. What it…

Happiness is important and the desire for happiness is inseparable for the human spirit.  Misconceptions about happiness abound. As Catholics, we are quick to point out that pleasure has its place and there’s more to life – a bigger picture.   Happiness should be part of that picture.  Morality and virtues speak to holiness and happiness.…

EASTER! Jesus certainly put the resurrection FRONT AND CENTER. He inaugurated His kingdom with His resurrection, even as He brought about the restoration of Israel (Episode 7) We Are Citizens of the Kingdom in the Age to Come Promised to Israel We are living in a Kingdom, now, that joins Heaven and Earth under the…