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Friday afternoon was quickly approaching and I was excited for the weekend. I was wrapping up a few must do’s when I lost my internet connection. Now, this is not completely unusual, so I quickly reset the router, hoping to wrap things up. After about 10 minutes of...

Sunday nights have been called family movie night in our home for years. When the kids were young, it was easy to pick out the movie, but as they’ve grown older it seems like everyone has a different opinion of what the movie should be, which as you can guess, might...

I can remember a time when I was alone, in my office, feeling isolated and frustrated.  For the first time in many years, for a variety of circumstances, too long to go into, I was not surrounded by anyone else vested in my goals. Not a good feeling. Whether you are...

Did you know that year after year weight loss is the number one New Year’s Resolution? Year after year people commit to weight loss, and unfortunately, for all too many they fail and worse yet, they fail by the third week of January. If you look at your calendar, that...

We are into week two of 2016 and unfortunately, one quarter of you have already given up on your New Year’s Resolution. It got too hard, you lost your focus, work got busy, or the kids got sick. Whatever the reason, you quit. Perhaps you rationalized with yourself...

Every year at about this time, thousands of people, just like you, make a New Year’s Resolution. A resolution is a commitment to achieve something BIG that has been weighing on their heart and mind. They tell themselves a story of success that this is the time they...

Can you have it all? For years I searched for the perfect balance in my life between my career and my family. I pictured my life split, somewhat evenly with 50% work and 50% family.  I’d heard it was possible and yet I struggled. When I was at work, I would find...

I’m an Iowa State sports fan and many have said throughout the years that we are loyal fans, fans that stick by our teams when we are winning and when we are losing. Unfortunately, in the area of football, losing is more often the norm than not. We are in a tough...

"How are you?" "Oh, I'm so busy!" "Could you help me with this project?” "Sorry, I can't, too busy!" "Did you get that project done yet?" "Sorry, didn’t get that done…I’m too busy.” I started to hear myself saying these phrases in my own personal conversation, and it...