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Imagine sitting in a hospital room on a quiet Tuesday afternoon. The hum of the monitors is the only sound in the room. You’re sitting next to someone you love—a parent, a mentor, a grandparent—and you realize you are watching the final chapter of a long life come to a close. In those moments, nobody…

I want to speak to the older folks in the room for a minute. I need to ask you a question. For those of you who have had a parent pass away, do you remember the last words they said to you? I hope that I am stirring up positive emotions. I have a theory that for those of you who have had a parent pass…

Numerous studies have shown that we face a loneliness epidemic in the United States. Roughly half of U.S. adults report feeling lonely. This is driven by social media use, remote work, less community involvement, overworking, and our ever growing individualistic culture we have built. Roughly half of…

Comedian Mike Goodwin was doing a show where he said, “In life you only got two things to worry about: whether you’re healthy, or whether you’re sick. If you’re healthy, you ain’t got nothing to worry about. If you’re sick, you got two things to worry about: whether you’ll get better, or whether you’ll…

I grew up as a lover of Sci-Fi. The concept of space travel always fascinated me. And I love how movies and TV shows give space ships a warp drive so they can get to distant planets in about thirty seconds. Space dramas are cool, but actual outer space is terrifying. I can’t even imagine what zero gravity…

Last week, I asked a question. What do we do when someone who hurt us walks back into our lives? Do we forgive them? Do we just go back to being friends? Are we supposed to pretend everything is okay? Forgiving someone who hurt us deeply is hard, but knowing when and how to extend full reconciliation…

In 2006, Disney reworked the slogan across all their theme parks. The new slogan simply read: Where dreams come true. Now, I have never been to a Disney theme park. For those of you who have, is it true? Is it a place where dreams come true? The slogan has since been changed to the most magical place…

A solider in the Army got called up one day and was told to get ready. His unit was going out on deployment. He reported to base, attended the briefing, and was sent out to the battlefield. When his superiors arrived, his entire unit was sitting at their base playing cards, watching movies, scrolling…

My mom was a licensed counselor for much my life. She focused her practice on children and play therapy. Her office was always filled with toys and activity stations. She would use the art of play as a method of drawing out of her clients the things they did not have the vocabulary to express. I always…