New Year’s resolutions are often sadly forgotten in a few weeks, if they even last that long. They say that it takes 21 days to establish a new habit. I think there’s truth in that, but in order to get to 21 days, the first thing you’ve got to do is make a decision. The…

There is one key that is absolutely essential to achieving your dreams: aligning your values with God’s values. This doesn’t mean becoming religious. In fact, in many ways religion is opposed to morality. Take for example, people who think that killing abortion doctors is serving God. God is the Author of Life, so taking a…

They say that some people live ninety years and others live one year ninety times. The difference is that those living their years to the fullest are living their dreams. People have called me lucky, but the truth is that I have learned to stop limiting God and to stop limiting myself. The truth is…

Discovering your dream is absolutely key to eventually living your dream. Most of us coast along in life, doing the things that are necessary to get us through day-to-day living. Then at the end of such a life, we die, never having had our dreams come true. I know because that’s the kind of life…

Part Two In the midst of depression I began learning the skills of Life Coaching. It’s as if a crazy optimism took hold of me, despite the crushing depression and anxiety I was going through. What I believe is that God threw me a lifeline, and I grabbed hold of it with all my might.…

My first severe bout of depression was in 1990. In reality, I had struggled with depression all my life, but 1990 showed me just how deeply depression can affect someone. Soon after moving to a new state, I had just come back from my first visit to my childhood home. The juxtaposition of my wildly…