Category Archives: Health and wellness

I’ve written here previously about my sense of disconnection and loneliness. I’ve been reading a book this week titled The Addictive Personality by Craig Nakken. His premise is we are born disconnected and since very few of us had extremely healthy … Continue reading →

I’m reading a book titled “Integrity,” by Dr. Henry Cloud. There is a section talking about the 2nd law of thermodynamics. That law says that all things in a closed system have entropy. That is order tends toward chaos, the usable … Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving! I have so much to be thankful for and yet during the year I often finding myself not very content. I can’t believe how quickly I have found myself to be 57 years old. In my head, I … Continue reading →

In my last post, I wrote about three relational ingredients to gain satisfaction in life, coactivity, distance and intimacy. I shared this information in a talk to a group of men. Several men looked at me and talked to me … Continue reading →

There are things I have read over the years that “stuck.” One such thing was in a book on marriage counseling I read years and years ago. The book was titled simply, “Marriage Counseling.” The author is a man named … Continue reading →

This really isn’t a very fun topic to talk about but it is such a part of life it must be addressed. I have a few more things to share on the topic. First that comes to mind, is guilt … Continue reading →

There is much written about grief. I am not writing about the normal pattern of grief. I am writing about what I have experienced about grieving a loss. First, I’ve been thinking about the purpose of grieving, why is it … Continue reading →

Since that question came to my mind a couple days ago, it has not been far from my conscious thinking. Monday Night at the men’s group I lead, I shared this with them. Our table leader proceeded to ask each … Continue reading →

So after writing yesterday’s thoughts on Chapter 4 of Henry Cloud’s book, “Integrity,” I went out for a five mile run. On my way out I’m thinking of how difficult it has been over the years to get people to … Continue reading →