“Become a what of my WHAT, Joe?!” Yeah — this is extra excellence from Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of…

Along with a couple of friends, and interestingly enough my mother, I used to thoroughly enjoy Stephen Wright doing standup on TV. This list of some absolute gems attributed to him floats around the Internet regularly —- 1 – I’d…

Viktor Frankl. If you don’t know his hame, his story, or his work, take the time right now to google him and come on back right way for what Dr. John Delony shares from him — 1. Give yourself permission to…

Quite a while ago someone wrote, “Point your kids in the right direction, and when they’re old they won’t be lost.” That’s Proverbs 22:6. More recently, Kathy Hougaard-Lively wrote this (as usual, the highlights are mine)—- As a child and…

COPIED Tom Waits —- “My kids are starting to notice I’m a little different from the other dads. ‘Why don’t you have a straight job like everyone else?’ they asked me the other day. I told them this story: In…

He’s been very helpful. Now let’s move forward with Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if…

He’s not kidding. You and I both know Pity Parties and that they’re, well, here’s Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death…

Dr. John Delony says — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial. No matter how…

Another helpful idea from Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No matter…

You know how you have people in your life who were profoundly influential and even more helpful, but you’ve never thanked them? Bill Bowdle is one of them in my life. Decades ago, he was there in ways he probably…