I recently had the opportunity to enjoy a family vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One of the activities we hoped to accomplish while vacationing was a nice hike in the Smoky Mountain National Park. This would be a first for my wife and daughters, and something I haven’t done since I was a young teen. After […]
READ MOREThe family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have. – Ring Lardner In my practice I often joke with people that “we’re all messed up because we all have parents.” While this is said in jest I have yet to find someone who doesn’t get the joke. The truth […]
READ MOREYour net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. – Benjamin Franklin Do you know someone who struggles with self worth? Have you ever wondered what makes you valuable, special, important, or worthwhile? If so you are not alone. I have the […]
READ MOREIt is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Volunteer work of some kind is one of my most often prescribed remedies for a wide range of symptoms. The reason: more and more research is showing an inverse relationship […]
READ MOREor those of you who don’t know, I have a rare genetic condition that is slowly destroying both of my retinas. At the end of my road is blindness. I am not saying this to complain, garner sympathy, or to prove that my problem is any more significant than anyone else’s. It is simply fact. […]
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