Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can preach the “make your bold move” message, but even I at times need to be told to eat my own dog food. That’s precisely what I did this week. Started eating my own dog food and resurrecting a past, good for me habit. But boy oh boy did it take…
Sure. Parenthood is a choice for most of us. Except for those unexpected surprises. But when you finally decide, there’s no time like the present, even if you are about to peak out of the 30-something years, find yourself single, and flirting with the early stages of a same-sex relationship, your decision to be a…
If you haven’t heard, the Catholic Church is having some problems. Overtly sexual indiscretion problems. Hey it happens. But it shouldn’t. This really isn’t new, news with the church, but what took me and others aback was the Catholic Leagues Presidents’ – Bill Donohue – to the Grand Jury finding of abuse of in Pennsylvania.…
This is one of those, I knew him when moments. I knew him when he was trying to find himself. I knew him when he helped me with my social media. I knew him when he was in dark times. I knew him when I saw him come blazing out of his closet to do…
I know some of you are probably going to balk at this. Go ahead. Balk, balk, balk. But the truth is, most sh*t in life is short-lived and self-created. Think about it. When stuff happens, how of it was because of something you did, or allowed yourself to blow out of proportion, and then when…
Have you ever wished you could find a place to learn, grow, let go, connect and enjoy absolute bliss and ecstatic pleasure? Sounds great doesn’t it! But then you find yourself stopping yourself, or someone else stopping you all because it might be taboo, wrong, or scary. Scary to let yourself be yourself. Scary to…
Honestly, none of likes having sh*t happening in our lives. It’s stressful, frustrating, annoying and most of all isn’t fun. However, when we realize that sh*t happens so that shift can happen, then it becomes a lot easier to contend with the sh*t of life. So here’s a short lesson in allowing the sh*t of…
Gosh I’m a fraud. I don’t want anyone to know I don’t know it all? And, I sure the heck don’t want to screw up in front of my friends. I just don’t get how everyone else has such a perfect life except me? Sound familiar? Of course it does because you are human and…
We’ve talked about 7 ways to get your sh*t together. But this one is a true winner. It’s going to require that you look to your past, but don’t get caught up in the crap of the past. It’s about looking back when something has gone right, when you felt that pull to do something…
Imagine being a boy forced to attend school dressed in a girls’ uniform. Imagine being a girl banned from the girls’ bathroom and too afraid to “go” in a stall surrounded by boys. Imagine being asked, again and again, by other kids, “Are you a boy or a girl?” Imagine having your deepest sense of…
If you can’t get your S*it together, it might be because you are negotiating way to much in your life. Giving in, letting things be OK instead of great, not standing up for yourself or your values. And then you want to cry, cry, cry and ask, “Why can’t I get my S*it together?” Because…
Some people are gifted, then some people are gifted with the gift of gab. So what do you do when you are from Southern Oklahoma, have the gift of gab, and love to act…you move to Beverly Hills of course. Well maybe you don’t live in Beverly Hills, but you are Beverly Hills adjacent and…
The year was 2012. On a whim and a nudge from my friend Leah Jantzen I embarked on the journey of an internet radio show entitled “The Coming Out Lounge.” 26 shows later I decided I was done, but, as with most good things in life, I wasn’t done, I was only just beginning. Two…
We’ve all been in jobs where we roll our eyes, wonder who’s on first, and just say in our heads, “Screw it. I’m just here to get a paycheck!” Sometimes that’s our own stuff that we feel that way, but unfortunately, too often, it’s the organization that we work for is the biggest culprit to…
Today we continue to explore the real truths as to why you can’t get your shit together. I’m sorry to be so blunt. Oh wait. No I’m not, and I’m not going to apologize for telling it like it is. You see, that’s part of the problem…to much apologizing! We apologize for being ourselves, doing…