Please Note: The following is the letter I’ll be reading again when I’m 50. Writing this letter was a helpful exercise to reflect on how I’ve grown over the last decade. I highly recommend you do something similar; you could even write a letter to yourself for when the COVID-19 virus is done. I … [Read more...]
Beware of the BUT
I’ve always been a “but” guy and never really knew it until recently. (And yes, I meant it to be with one “t” because I’m talking about the “but” and not the “butt.” I’ve never been a “butt” guy. Even when I was young and single, I wasn’t a “butt” guy; I was more of “hot girl” guy. I didn’t like … [Read more...]
Slow to Launch or Not Likely to Launch
After my wife and I were engaged, her one aunt went to her privately and asked, “Are you sure you want to marry Chad when he doesn’t have his life together?” Why do I know this? Because my wife told me something that should’ve been kept private. Fortunately, she didn’t tell me about this until … [Read more...]
Why Faith is Great at a Time like This
The world seems to be in chaos right now with a war for who can own the most toilet paper. I was completely clueless to how bad it was until Thursday. It started with the stand up comedy show I was supposed to see with one of my favourite comedians, Mike Birbiglia at Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo … [Read more...]
Why Women Struggle to be in the Trades
This post could have easily been called “Why Men Don’t Knit.” Choosing this title, however, I followed the shock value marketing strategy of people like Gene Simmons and Eminem (so I’m basically a rockstar... obviously). Please know this title is not to claim women “can’t” be in the trades. I’ve … [Read more...]
The Four Most Important Apologizing Rules
I’ve recently figured out the four most important rules to apologizing (I’m sorry I didn’t figure them out sooner). It came out of the fact that apologizing is a major complaint for most couples I see as a psychotherapist. The complaints almost always come in twos. The first is the apology … [Read more...]
The Right Compliment can Change the World
Saying the right encouraging word at the needed time can be the difference between someone doing something that makes the world a better place or giving up. Over the past twelve years I’ve officiated over 150 wedding ceremonies to some very flattering revues. My friends were the first to take a … [Read more...]
Christianity and Masturbation
In the movie Patch Adams, one of my favourite movies, there is a scene at the beginning of the movie where Patch is creating a stir with his fellow psych-ward patients. At one point he yells, “Who likes to masturbate?” and all the patients, including Patch, put up both their hands and cheer. As a … [Read more...]
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