Last month I went a rock climbing camp with the Boy Scouts in Taylors Falls, MN. The boys got to learn about rock climbing gear, safety, and climbing techniques. They also got to climb on real rock vs. the man made climbing walls they tried in rock climbing gyms. It takes a tremendous amount of […]
February 7, 2017
Why I Love Flawed Heroes
In pop culture we have a lot of amazing hero characters that entertain us and any of them are almost flawless. James Bond is good looking, tough, and has the ability to work his way out of any difficulty. If he has flaws in his personality you don’t see them, but in general he is portrayed […]
January 24, 2017
Slow Down to the Speed of Life. Interview with Psychologist and Author Joe Bailey
Feeling like life is moving too fast and you can’t keep up? Anxious and frustrated? Then, Slow Down to the Speed of Life. Slow Down to the Speed of Life is a phenomenal interview with psychologist and author Joe Bailey where we discover how to change our thinking in order to better handle the stress […]
December 2, 2016
Crazy Things We Do When We’re Not In the Momement
Let’s be honest with each other. Sometimes we say or do stupid things when we are not paying attention. My family has a good laugh when remembering one of the random things I said during a dinner time prayer. It was one of those evenings when I was on autopilot. It was my turn […]
November 15, 2016
We All Do Better When We All Do Better
We all do better when we all do better is not a redundant statement. It’s a saying I used to hear from the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone. Senator Wellstone was a champion of the working and middle class. In 2002 Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila, and daughter Marcia, along with the pilot died, in […]
October 12, 2016
What is Our Anger About?
I don’t know if you have noticed (and I’m sure you have) that there is a lot of anger in our world. A contentious election is heating up in the US, there are civil wars and brutal conflicts, and drivers are encountering road rage every day. What is our anger about? Anger is an interesting […]