Looking at the world through the clarifying lens of Real Love
Archives
- 2012.02.03: The All-Powerful Bridge of Trust
- 2012.02.01: What Really Matters?
- 2012.01.30: The Very Tricky Business of Pleasing People
- 2012.01.27: Telling Your Child the Truth
- 2012.01.24: The Ohia Lehua
- 2012.01.20: "But I Was There!"
- 2012.01.18: The Leap of Faith
- 2012.01.13: Needlefishing
- 2012.01.11: Do You Have a Peanut Allergy?
- 2012.01.09: You Pay for What You Get
- 2012.01.06: "I'm So Fat!"
- 2012.01.04: The Spectrum of Loving
- 2012.01.02: "Thank You," not "I Want"
- 2011.12.30: You Are Not Garbage
- 2011.12.28: Jumping on Broken Glass
- 2011.12.26: Jumping in Cold Water
- 2011.12.23: They Are Not the Problem
- 2011.12.19: "I'm okay."
- 2011.12.16: You Are Not Listening
- 2011.12.14: Give What You Have, Plus One
- 2011.12.12: Hitting the Bullseye
- 2011.12.09: The True Nature of "Selfishness"
- 2011.12.07: You Keep Yourself Worthless
- 2011.12.05: Falling Leaves
- 2011.12.03: The Surprising Ways We Train Our Children
- 2011.11.30: Listening with Your Mouth
- 2011.11.28: Teaching the Teacher
- 2011.11.24: I Have To
- 2011.11.23: Why Do I Sometimes Act So Badly?
- 2011.11.21: Do You Want to Walk or Fly?
- 2011.11.18: Do You Play with All 88 Keys?
- 2011.11.16: When It's Over
- 2011.11.14: The Real Gifts of Christmas
- 2011.11.11: It's Time to Shower . . . Again
- 2011.11.09: You Are So Mean
- 2011.11.07: Anybody Can Play T-Ball
- 2011.11.04: Do You Hear What I Hear?
- 2011.11.02: The Rest of the Drowning Story
- 2011.10.28: I'll Do Anything . . . Except THAT
- 2011.10.26: Bitten by a Rattlesnake--and I Lived
- 2011.10.24: Personal Space
- 2011.10.19: Victimhood: A Swath of Destruction
- 2011.10.18: Dumbo the Elephant--The Triumph over Fear
- 2011.09.23: Real Listening: It is NOT Complicated
- 2011.09.21: Choices--An Example
- 2011.09.19: Do it Now--Those Opportunities that Slip Away
- 2011.09.16: Lions and Tigers and Bears--Oh My!!
- 2011.09.14: The Real Education
- 2011.09.12: Playing the Organ
- 2011.09.09: The Lie of Magic
- 2011.09.07: Lost in Translation
- 2011.09.06: Real Love Has Made My Life Worse
- 2011.09.02: How to Withdraw Graciously
- 2011.08.31: Mud, Mud Everywhere
- 2011.08.29: Just Relabel the Ordinate
- 2011.08.26: Living in Fear, Living in Death
- 2011.08.24: One Example of Healing--Elena
- 2011.08.22: The Billionaire
- 2011.08.17: Video Games, Computers, and other Media
- 2011.08.15: Are You Willing to Pay the Price?
- 2011.08.11: Just One Hand
- 2011.08.09: The Tantrum
- 2011.08.05: The Origin of Real Love
- 2011.08.03: A Child's Fantasy
- 2011.08.01: STOP IT!!
- 2011.07.29: We Need a Little Crazy
- 2011.07.27: Better Yield, Less Effort
- 2011.07.25: Picking out Loppers
- 2011.07.22: A Crystal Ball
- 2011.07.20: Tilling the Ground
- 2011.07.18: Three-Inch River Rocks
- 2011.07.15: Climbing the Eiger
- 2011.07.13: Stretch Through the Pain
- 2011.07.11: Finding Real Love
- 2011.07.08: Waiting to Recharge
- 2011.07.06: A Poke in the Eye
- 2011.07.04: Eating With the Chickens
- 2011.07.01: Tossing Wheat in the Air
- 2011.06.29: How Good Are Your Steps?
- 2011.06.27: The Wounds of "Love"
- 2011.06.22: Knowledge vs. Ability
- 2011.06.20: Snapped It Right Off
- 2011.06.15: There's No Single Recipe for Life
- 2011.06.13: I Just Don't Remember
- 2011.06.10: Half an Inch of Mud
- 2011.06.08: Watering the Fish
- 2011.06.06: I Tried
- 2011.06.04: Real Love and 20/20 Vision
- 2011.06.03: Drops and Waterfalls
- 2011.06.01: Are You Drowning Your Children?
- 2011.05.30: What's on Your Plate?
- 2011.05.27: Why Isn't Real Love Everywhere?
- 2011.05.26: Real Love and 20/20 Vision
- 2011.05.25: Splitting Wood
- 2011.05.23: What Do You Think?
- 2011.05.20: World Peace
- 2011.05.18: Changing the Oil--Every 100,000 Miles
- 2011.05.16: Be the Kipuka
- 2011.05.13: Shades of Gray
- 2011.05.11: Real Love in China
- 2011.05.09: Putting Out the Fire
- 2011.05.07: The Roots Are Not Personal
- 2011.05.04: Why Should I Pay for Real Love?
- 2011.05.03: The Lies That Will Not Die
- 2011.04.27: Three Tires: Telling the Truth about What?
- 2011.04.18: How to Pick Up a Goose--and Raise Your Children
- 2011.04.15: I Didn't Mean To
- 2011.04.13: Understanding Vs. Real Power
- 2011.04.11: Death by No "No"
- 2011.04.08: Separated From the Herd
- 2011.04.06: The Good Germs
- 2011.04.04: Healing and Pain
- 2011.04.01: It's Just Two Squirrels
- 2011.03.30: Grabbing Balloons with Scissors
- 2011.03.28: Why Do We Marry Our Parents?
- 2011.03.25: Out of Gas and Hating It
- 2011.03.23: A Tale of Two Mothers
- 2011.03.21: It Was Just a Piece of Foam
- 2011.03.18: Who's Responsible for a Hurricane?
- 2011.03.16: The Seduction of Justice
- 2011.03.14: The Power of Forgiveness
- 2011.03.11: How Can I Love Myself More? Is This the Key to Finding Happiness?
- 2011.03.09: Lessons about Praise from a Child
- 2011.03.07: The Beauty of the Long Perspective
- 2011.03.04: Do You Know Where You're Going?
- 2011.03.02: So Many Words--Like So Many Bricks
- 2011.02.28: Growing Flowers from Manure
- 2011.02.25: True Gratitude--And Pearls from a Child
- 2011.02.23: Taming of the Alligator--The Power of Unconditional Love in Fear
- 2011.02.21: The Raccoon Trap
- 2011.02.18: Love for the Asking---Finding True Love
- 2011.02.16: The Miracle of Real Love in Person
- 2011.02.14: What's Time to a Pig?
- 2011.02.08: So Many Tools--Responding to Conflict, Anger, Marriage Problems, and More
- 2011.02.07: The Scars of Love
- 2011.02.04: What Real Love Really Looks and Feels Like
- 2011.02.03: Digging Ditches in the Rain--and the Lessons in Mistakes
- 2011.02.02: The Land of the Blind
- 2011.02.01: Turtle Eggs--And the Perils of Controlling
- 2011.01.31: Real Love--The Quick and Easy Way
- 2011.01.28: I'm Sorry
- 2011.01.27: Up on the Rooftop--Finding Happiness that Lasts
- 2011.01.26: The Unseen Wave--And the Critical Need for Finding Love
- 2011.01.24: I Don't Keep Old Diapers--How to Forgive Yourself and Others
- 2011.01.21: Painful Giving--How Not to Give Unconditional Love
- 2011.01.20: Half a Bridge--and Finding Love
- 2011.01.12: Two Wounds, Two Solutions—The Power of Real Love in Healing
- 2011.01.11: I Am Not Having This Conversation—An Important Step in Conflict Resolution
- 2009.11.25: Growing Sunflowers
- 2009.09.21: Walking with Two Legs
- 2009.09.16: Life is So Hard—Or is It?
- 2009.09.03: Partnership and The Veto Principle
- 2009.08.06: Real Love—Doing Vs. Feeling
- 2009.07.13: The Cotton Candy Tree
- 2009.05.08: So Many Alone
- 2009.04.10: Asking for Help
- 2009.03.19: The Nature of Disappointment
- 2009.02.13: It’s Real Love That Everyone Needs
- 2009.01.31: A Tale of Two Victims
- 2009.01.20: A Matter of Life and Death
- 2009.01.14: The Flight of the Stork
- 2008.12.21: Love and the Price of the Perfect Diamond
- 2008.12.10: Compacting the Soil
- 2008.12.09: That Insidious Nut Grass
- 2008.11.28: Parents and Children as Legal Adversaries
- 2008.11.25: The Song of the Lark
- 2008.11.11: The Simplicity of Conversations
- 2008.11.05: Avoiding Death in the Twin Towers
- 2008.10.28: The Poison of Expectations
- 2008.10.15: Like the Wings of Butterflies
- 2008.09.02: There’s No Way Up But to Climb
- 2008.07.09: Is This the Information Age or the Dark Age?
- 2008.07.04: Suicide by Imitation Love
- 2008.06.27: The Soboks
- 2008.06.06: 238,900 miles
- 2008.06.03: The Freedom of Being Wrong
- 2008.05.27: The Virus of Fear
- 2008.05.26: Sand Castles
- 2008.05.22: The Unavailable Choice
- 2008.05.21: He Just Hasn’t Learned to Talk Yet
- 2008.04.29: It’s All About Choosing the Right Goal
- 2008.03.25: Sixteen Ways to Say “I love you.”
- 2008.03.24: Loving Other People More Than Ourselves
- 2008.03.10: I’m A Terrible Mother
- 2008.02.05: Four Hundred Pounds
- 2008.01.30: The Impossible World of the Victim
- 2008.01.23: Let’s Just Play
- 2008.01.14: I Have a Complaint
- 2008.01.09: A Tale of Two Teachers
- 2008.01.02: Boundaries
- 2007.12.25: Something Wonderful Has Happened to My Husband
- 2007.12.24: Amazing Grace
- 2007.12.10: Falling in the Creek
- 2007.12.04: Megan Meier and the Legislation of Kindness
- 2007.12.02: The Price of Being Right
- 2007.11.26: Using a Hammer
- 2007.11.18: Falling Leaves
- 2007.11.16: I Just Realized I’m the Pig
- 2007.09.08: With the Wind or Against It
- 2007.08.28: I Wish I Could Play the Piano Like That!
- 2007.08.23: The Mind and the Soul
- 2007.08.16: Intensive Care
- 2007.08.04: Twelve-Step Programs
- 2007.06.19: Megan Hit Me!
- 2007.06.04: The Tragedy of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan
- 2007.05.19: The Sinking Sands
- 2007.05.19: Real Love in the Street
- 2007.05.09: Vic
- 2007.05.07: The Gordian Knot
- 2007.04.30: The Unhappiness We Settle For
- 2007.04.29: Preparation is Much Easier than Repair
- 2007.04.09: You are Such an Idiot
- 2007.04.06: The Broken Leg
- 2007.03.26: Submission
- 2007.03.24: Islam and the Jews
- 2007.03.18: Conversation with a Victim
- 2007.03.18: Controlling and Learning
- 2007.02.25: Men's Room Protocol
- 2007.02.23: Fear
- 2007.02.19: Refresh and Reboot
- 2007.02.12: Those Unspeakable Words
- 2007.01.31: The Trap of Being Right
- 2007.01.31: Just Eat
- 2007.01.24: The Lost Prince
- 2007.01.17: Teaching With Consequences
- 2007.01.10: Real Love Marriage Vows
- 2007.01.10: A New Perspective on Failure
- 2007.01.10: How to Set Goals You'll Actually Keep
- 2007.01.10: Merry Christmas
- 2006.12.13: Don’t Pick the Flowers
- 2006.12.04: The Mud Prince
- 2006.11.28: We Really Do Need Each Other
- 2006.11.21: Ian Thorpe—The Wisdom of a Champion
- 2006.11.21: Making Mistakes
- 2006.11.09: SADDAM HUSSEIN: Birth and Execution of a Monster
- 2006.11.07: Wings
- 2006.10.31: Witherspoon and Phillippe Split—Why?
- 2006.10.27: I Hate Christmas
- 2006.10.23: Real Love and the Miracle of My Son
- 2006.10.13: What Does Real Love Look Like?
- 2006.10.07: The Power of Real Love
- 2006.10.06: Remembering 9/11: Anger---The Terrorist Inside Us
- 2006.10.06: So much anger! Are You a prisoner too?