Peer Support is an important, but often misunderstood and executed concept. Be Proactive: We live in a reactive world – wait till there is a problem, then do something about it. This of course means problems tend to never really get solved as new problems arise in the middle of…
When I speak, we take a journey. Almost regardless of the event and the title of my talk, it will be a journey of identity and purpose. A journey whose path will include a cold, hard look in the mirror. As we roll towards the end of the talk, the hammer begins…
Bullied and beaten, so sad and so many. We have a responsibility to respond. Recently, I spoke to a group of students at a rural Indiana High School at the invitation of their teacher who had attended one of my Ladder UPP workshops. They came from a criminal justice and…
You are not alone. We all get broken, yet we still search for meaning. We want our lives to matter. Even in the darkest nights a flicker of life can bring us hope. You see, you can use your life trauma as fuel to live free. It was a choice…
Unlock the power of dreams. I really believe that we can be so caught up in the stress of day to day living that we lose touch with the part of our souls that exists to wonder and dream. You can see it in someone’s eyes as life becomes a…
More than anything, my work is about helping people live free. As technology consumes our lives and medication replaces prayer, faith and purpose, we are becoming increasingly lonely and numb. And that is no way to live. A couple of examples I saw today. Lonely – A recent article in…
