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Pray. Ask for what you need. When there’s so little you can control, you feel so powerless. Seeking peace during times like these, people are relying on faith more than ever. Even people that have never followed any established faith tradition are finding themselves praying. In my personal life and in the 40+ years of helping people, my experience is that sooner or later in life we face things that are bigger than us. Whether it’s the alcoholic turning to their “Higher Power” or a when you lose a loved one, people find themselves saying, “Help me.”

Much of what is going on in the Coronavirus crisis is fear. Thank goodness we know a lot about overcoming fear. Medical and psychological research has developed effective tools to overcome anxiety, and we can use those tools to fight fears about Covid 19. One surprisingly effective technique that is easy to learn is deep breathing.

Are you struggling with something in your life? Not sure what do about it? Hesitant to ask for help? Instead, consider asking... ask for help from others around you, or from above

Anxiety feels like it just happens to us. You have a fight with a friend, and you don't know what they will do. You made mistake at work and your boss is not happy. Or sometimes panic just hits you out of the blue. How do you get free of it?

Are you tired of the same cycle happening? It's always that you catch them trying to get away with something, and yell at them, or ground them, but there's always alot of turmoil and fuss. Consider a way to approach parenting that can result in an atmosphere of warmth and enjoyment.

There is this paradox that although you may want to protect yourself from rejection, you have to risk it in order to be close. You have to reveal yourself to another if you want intimacy, but they may not like what you show them.

Maybe we don't become a better person by critiquing ourselves. Maybe its more by discovering that we ARE a better person the we believe we are.

You want to be free from anxiety. Part of what it has to do with is where you focus your attention. Learn here a tool that really works

The Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic creates an environment with his musicians that allows them to be their best. Learn his secrets for good leadership, ones shared by coaches like Steve Kerr or authors like Steven Covey

When faith is real, you know it. It is winsome and healthy. It is life giving. It leads you to growth and peace of mind. But there is alot that passes for true faith, what is claimed comes from God that turns out to be something else. You may want to ground your life in spiritual truth, but how do you find your way?

When you actually follow Jesus, you don't believe you are better than anyone else. The premise of being a Christian is you can't really do it right. You accept others because you have been accepted. So why do we have such a struggle with that?

“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”