Overcoming challenges in life is something we all must learn to do. I grew up in a home with ridiculous amounts of drug and alcohol use, was a care-giver to my ill wife for many years, had a house burn down, was widowed at thirty-four years old, was a single parent with three daughters under…
It was November 26, 1996, I didn’t need healing from trauma. I had a great job, three amazing daughters, and a beautiful wife, Kameo. Life was good. It was two days before Thanksgiving. I came home early from work to see if I could help Kameo. We had spoken on the phone a couple hours…
How do we stop feeling lonely and bored? When I was only four years old my family, including aunts, uncles, and cousins, went on a vacation to Mesa Verde National Park. We found a short trail that took us to a picnic area surrounded by the beautiful trees of the forest. It was a perfect…
Facing Challenges in life often seems continuous and frequently daunting and overwhelming. This web site as well as my book Bounce Back: Finding Joy During Times of Adversity, is a look into my journey to face challenges and find happiness. I grew up in a home with huge amounts of drug and alcohol abuse present,…
How to manifest your dreams is in essence a spiritual desire. My spiritual journey started many years ago and included a time when I read The Power of Intention by the remarkable Dr. Wayne Dyer. I was always naturally a driven, motivated person and routinely set goals. But intuitively I knew there was a better…
“I don’t get enough love” – Jeremy (homeless man) Regardless of whether you embrace religion or spirituality in any form, you have likely been admonished to love others as you love yourself. There’s a famous bible scripture where Jesus says similar words: Love your neighbor as yourself. Loving others as you love yourself can be…
Removing toxic people from our lives is critical for true joy. Have you ever thought, (insert name here) is such a good person most of the time, but sometimes he/she hurts me? Then as time continues on, the moments of pain start to increase and the times of love decrease. The good person becomes less…
Finding Happiness in Life What brings you a state of happiness? It is different for each person, but there are certainly things that help all of us find happiness in life. I’ve listed 7 steps to happiness in this article. I believe we are meant to be happy. Simply, it is a divine right to…
I believe finding true joy in this life is a divine right for us all. Why then are so many people unhappy? We are often told by well meaning people that happiness is a choice. So, we are essentially expected to ignore all the adversity that is going on around us and choose to be…