Loving myself – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 8

Life is hard.  One of the ah-ha moments I’ve had as a parent is that my parents were in the same boat as I was.  The boat of unpreparedness and sometimes complete inability to be ready for a situation that life presents.  Life is something that we learn in the moment, and sometimes it is … Continue reading Loving myself – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 8

Standing alone, or feeling like we are

In a talk, Thomas S. Monson shares a story of while in the military he felt like he was standing alone. While in formation the leadership began to explain where the various denominations would worship on the military base on Sunday.  A list was ran through, and in time the group shrank.  President Monson came … Continue reading Standing alone, or feeling like we are

Emotions – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 7

We often struggle with our emotions (especially the men who are reading).  Even more interestingly, we struggle with the emotions of others as well.  On top of that fun fact we find that we also confuse emotions and feelings, or even the fact that they are different (a feeling is the acknowledgement of an emotion). … Continue reading Emotions – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 7

Negative Emotions – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 6

The search (or pursuit) of happiness is one of the most sought after emotions in life.  Positive feelings are some of the most basic desires of our hearts, and can be some of the most difficult to attain.  Studies have even shown that people are willing to monetarily pay more to remove negative or painful … Continue reading Negative Emotions – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 6

Loving yourself first – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 5

Self-acceptance and self-worth are HUGE words for anyone to hear when they are at the beginning of a journey of acknowledging, understanding, and accepting part of their life that is causing friction, pain, or pressure.  Whether it is an addiction, affinity, quirk, or kink we must first acknowledge the elephant in the room and allow … Continue reading Loving yourself first – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 5

Man versus Baby – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 4

A little earlier this year I wrote about The Roles We Play touching on the many different roles that I fill in my life (some I choose and some that I don’t).  Our gender is connected to the roles that we often fill in our lives.  This is definitely not a clear cut conversation as … Continue reading Man versus Baby – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 4

I choose to be me – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 3

We all have a set of beliefs that we live our lives by.  These beliefs come from many different places, and we all find times in our lives where we question and push back on what was given to us as our foundation of how we guide and steer our lives.  These bumpers for life … Continue reading I choose to be me – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 3

Research, Data, and a look inside – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 2

I love data.  I especially love big data that is aggregated and sorted to trend against and analyze.  Through historical data we are able to gain better insight into past and future decisions in life.  Data around diapers lets us know: We are not aloneOthers do feel the way that we doThere is a wide … Continue reading Research, Data, and a look inside – You’re Not Broken – Chapter 2