When you spend more than 40 hours a week with co-workers, they can feel like family at times. Some of our best friends come from our professional interactions. The best of us have no problem maintaining boundaries. Others stumble when that familiarity, over-active emotions, and challenging work situation intersect.  Ever since I started to bring […]

Often, the very thing we hold most precious we take for granted. And, sometimes we don’t even realize how cherished family and special friendships are until we’ve lost them.  Strength comes from a huge well of experiences. But strength can also come from the people we call our family, whether they are related to us […]

I think we can all agree that the visual of the person with crossed arms, defiant posture, and dark scowl is not one limited to the two-year-old toddler or the all-knowing teenager. Far from it. As adults, we’ve developed more subtle ways of communicating when we are disinclined to do something.  We can forgive (somewhat) […]