The other night I spoke at a candlelight vigil for victims of drunk driving crashes and drug overdoses. One of the first things that came to mind as I was preparing my talk were a couple lines from my late grandma’s favorite bible verse, Psalm 30:5: “weeping may endure for…
“Is it me, or is this world crazy?” I hear this from the people I meet and work with all the time. I’m sure they are not alone. How can you not be in a world that is turned upside down? A large part of my Ladder UPP workshop is…
Police officers with PTSD is a problem impacting departments all over the country. Sadly, it is a problem that seems to always hit a wall. The blue wall. Twice in the last few days I was reminded of the police “Blue wall of PTSD.” The first was at a workshop…
As Iraq falls, souls crumble. That is what I was thinking last week as ISIS overran northern Iraq. I was getting ready to hit the road for Wisconsin where I would be speaking to veterans benefits and services counselors from colleges across Wisconsin, but all I could think about was…
Sex is a good thing. My wife and I have eight children, we know that very well! But sex is not love, and sex is not beauty, and that is what is being sold to our girls, and boys. We are all complicit. I was speaking to a group this…
I was reminded yesterday about the power of words. Meeting with a couple of people who have been helped by and seen the The Ladder UPP change lives, one of them recounted words from family members that had haunted her for years. “Thunder Thighs. Fat. You’ll never amount to anything.”…
