If you want to lose weight, here’s a simple concept: eat less, exercise more. Like with most simple things, though, the breakdown occurs in the application. In other words, go do it. That’s the hard part, right? Applying the concepts, going out and doing it,...
In the late spring of 1989, just a few weeks shy of my fourteenth birthday, I got my first paying job. My neighbor's son-in-law, Ray, had spotted me at some yard work and asked, "Hey--you looking for a job?" as he drove by in his...
After participating in numerous 5K runs, I set my eyes on the Pittsburgh Great Race to be my first attempt at a 10K. The race was September 27, so I began my training in mid-August. Approximately three times a week, I would walk a few...
The single biggest guarantee of counseling success? Client commitment to the therapeutic process. If you have a mediocre counselor--but a heroic commitment to counseling--you can still achieve heroic growth. However, if you have a heroic counselor--but a mediocre commitment to the therapeutic process--your progress will...