hope to build on
Welcome to my blog, “Hope to Build On!” These are short, encouraging articles, often on topics such as relationships, worry, and faith. If you like what you see, please sign up to receive “Hope to Build On” by email. CLICK HERE to sign up. Thanks for reading!
Tired Enough to Change
Tired enough to change. You’ve likely experienced that before. Perhaps, as a super simple example, you tired of the service at a store or restaurant. You decided, “that’s it! I’m not going back.” Or, perhaps, [...]
3 Re’s for Parents: Reset, Relate, and Resolve
The 3 Re’s of Relationships is a simple model I developed over time to help myself and my counseling clients work through difficult times with our children. The 3 Re’s are Reset, Relate, and Resolve: [...]
Prize and Prioritize Your Spouse with These 3 Tips
My husband is my prize. I am his prize. But, like so many couples, we at times could do a better job at treating each other as if we are each other’s prize. I’m guessing [...]
Trash Pickup and Healthy Family Relationships
Question: What do curbside trash pickup and building healthy family relationships have in common? Answer: Just like we haul our unusable items to the curb for disposal, we can and should get rid of useless, [...]
When a Table is More Than Just a Table
A table is just a table when it does its normally expected duty—holding our food, our work, our crafts, our homework, our stacks of opened and unopened mail, etc. In these ways, a table is [...]
Take a Worry Break Because You Can
Worry can be really frustrating. We want to “let it go,” but somehow our worries seemingly won’t let us go. Thus, worry wins out, and in doing so, steadily becomes the boss of us rather [...]