Expectations kinda rule our lives. How we expect to relate to people or circumstances, how we feel about those expectations, and what we do to get our needs met. Google managing expectations, and you’ll find millions of words on the topic. (So, naturally, here are a few more!)  Managing expectations, how we relate to people […]

Our heart longs for peace, and conflict or struggle is always involved in getting to that peace.  We each have a basic response to emotional struggle, one we deal with over and over. That response is deep within us—we aren’t always aware we’re responding in a patterned way. We can easily be blind to what’s […]

Unique, one-of-a-kind, individual. We like to think there is none like us. Although in some aspects that is true, it’s also true we fall into patterns and types that have been around since people were laughing at Noah building an ark. Patterns are helpful. Patterns show others have been on the path before me. They […]