Month: September 2019

Professional Gains and Personal Losses

Professional Gains and Personal Losses

I’m in the radio biz. It sounds like a glamorous job and truthfully it can be very fun. Unfortunately, the business often means a very difficult balance between work and home life. Radio can mean sudden moves, pay cuts, and often times professional gains come […]

Mourning The Family Unit

Mourning The Family Unit

The toughest aspect of my divorce was not mourning the relationship, it was mourning my family unit. I had come to grips with the fact that my marriage failed. There were a million reasons or excuses why. We married too young. We became different people. […]

Surviving Seizures

Surviving Seizures

The first thing I ever heard about Jen is that she has seizures. Jen was my neighbor over a decade ago and I instantly thought she was the sweetest thing ever. Her seizures were scary though. I watched her have seizures in church a couple […]

Dealing With Change

Dealing With Change

I have always struggled with change. Learning to manage my anxiety around the uncomfortable process makes a big difference in learning how to process the unknown. Divorce, job loss, moving, are all big moments in a persons’ life that conjure up a lot of change […]

A Drunk Driver Killed My Daughter

A Drunk Driver Killed My Daughter

This beautiful young woman, Madeline Duskey, was just 24-years-old when she was hit and killed by a drunk driver. Her Mother, Crystal Markum-Brown sat down with me to share her incredibly tragic story. After we talked she wrote me this message. “Maddie has always been […]

The Power of Words

The Power of Words

The power of the spoken word is one of the most powerful tools we possess. Words can inspire or lift someone up on a bad day, they can also destroy relationships, create lasting insecurity, and instill fear. One of my very favorite books is “The […]

Escaping the Trap of Pornography

Escaping the Trap of Pornography

Pornography. It’s a topic we don’t want to talk about. Something we think will never happen to our children or in our relationships. So how can we stop pornography addiction before it starts? Dr. Tim Hollingshead has created a program called “Free in 13” that […]