A Daughter Makes Her Dad Reconsider His Career
A father reflects on the impact his career is having on his relationship with his daughter. Here is what he came up with. — For weeks I have sat in my hotel room every night and considered throwing...
View ArticleWill You Have a Merry Christmas or Succumb to Seasonal Dysfunction?
Embed from Getty Images Holiday time with family can be precious, but it can also bring up destructive patterns. — Millions experience extreme stress over the holidays because of the dysfunction in...
View ArticleHow Becoming a Dad Puts You on the Road to Selflessness
Andy Lax explores the effect of becoming a dad and its healthy departure from the focus on self. — A Journey Towards Selflessness “My son’s the most precious thing to me; he’s changed me from being...
View ArticleHow Keeping It Bottled Up Can Kill The Divorced Entrepreneur
Bill Douglas’s divorce demoralized him to the point that he could not operate as an entrepreneur. He overcame it, and now he seeks to help others do the same. — Stress is our body’s way of responding...
View ArticleEverything Divorced Men Need to Know About That Horrible Anxiety: Yes We Know...
You have it because it is human, and normal. The real question is, what are you going to do about it? Hoping it goes away is not the answer. Read on. — Anxiety can cripple, stifle, stall, depress...
View ArticleThree Mistakes I Would Gladly Make Again
Throw out the rule book, stop defining your choices by “traditional wisdom,” and you can create the life you truly desire. — “This is a bad idea,” is what the little voice in our head will whisper just...
View ArticleWhy We Run #32: Because My Heart is No Longer Broken
I still don’t love running. I never will. However, my heart has finally healed enough to run freely for as long as I want. — I was never a runner. It started with basketball, shifted into football,...
View ArticleStory: What do You do When The Past Wants to Visit?
Embed from Getty Images Dealing with unwanted visitors like these can help make you into the man you want to be. — They would be here any minute. I sighed. Looking down I noticed my hands were...
View ArticleA Motivational Dad Struggles: How Do I Thrill My Brilliant Son About College?
Bill Douglas is motivational divorced dad who has inspired hundreds. He may be up against his greatest challenge: his son. How can he help the young man he admires most reach his full potential? Oh...
View ArticleA Minor History of Bad Decisions
From a breakfast Danish to the streets of Paris, Tina Cane recounts the travails and pleasures of bad choices. — *** Read more of Tina Cane’s poems–including three other “Minor Histories.” Interested...
View ArticleHer Consent is Not a Given: Raising Kids With the Right Attitudes
Consent is a life attitude, not just a sexual checkpoint. — I recently found a phone number scrawled on a scrap of paper among my 7-year-old daughter’s stuff. I inquired, and she said a boy at her...
View Article‘Prune, You Talk Funny’
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View ArticleLetting Gratitude Lead Your Journey
Embed from Getty Images — The older I get, the more my values change. As a young professional, I longed for the days of raking in the big bucks, getting married, owning a home, and proving everyone...
View ArticleMen, Own Your Choices
Embed from Getty Images — You know what I really don’t like? When somebody I speak with or speak to blames me for their choices in life. Now, we can call that person a victim. We can call that person...
View ArticleAll I Had Worth Stealing Was My Peace
— He rifled through my drawers but the only thing he could find to tie my hands with was the charging cable for my Kindle. I lay face down on my bed, listening to him tramping up and down the wooden...
View ArticleFundamental Disagreements Over Choosing to be #Childfree
Recently I was asked how could I fundamentally disagree with the idea of procreation. I never once have said that I ever disagree with the idea of procreation. I disagree with discouraging anyone who...
View ArticleAre You Going Through Life as a P*ss-ant Trying not to be Trampled, or as a...
— There is a new scientific theory claiming our thoughts create our reality. This has certainly been my experience. The self-beliefs I threw out into the Universe come back like a boomerang. Scientists...
View ArticleThe Case for Working Instead of Traveling
They were travel bloggers. And they were fucking fascinating. Jumping off of cliffs. Posting their videos from South America or Norway or wherever they seemingly wanted to be traveling to. It looked so...
View ArticleWhat Paths Life Takes
Everyone has their own opinions about how life is supposed to unfold. Some say whatever is meant to be, will be. others say we have to have a plan before we can chase our dreams. Then there are those...
View ArticleI Should Have Gotten Divorced 5 Years Earlier
— Lately I’ve been considering buying a new car. Well, a second-hand car at least, but new for me. I have an 8-seater van. It no longer serves my purpose. So when something no longer serves your...
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