THE BLOG
When The Bus Doors Didn’t Open
Why I do what I do. I was seventeen years old. And I thought I might die on a city bus in the Bronx. It was 1975. I was riding home from school. Just another ordinary day, until it wasn’t. I come from a lower-middle-class African American family with strong values,...
We Have Something New For You For These Difficult Times
They’re Not Talking… Now What? Let’s Talk About What’s Really Happening in Your Conversations with Your Tween or Teen I want to start by saying this clearly: If conversations with your tween or teen feel harder than they should, you are not alone. People are watching...
To Be or Not To Be Empathetic
Four Things To Consider In this time when everyone is going through something big simultaneously, empathy must still lead the way. We still need some real lessons on how to be empathetic and support each other. I was having a tough day processing yet another...
Relieving the Stress of the Mess We Are Living In
How are YOU handling it??? Yeah, well, last night I almost lost it. That’s right. It took everything in me not to run outside and scream at the top of my lungs for hours. The stress of the times we are living in started to get to me, and I immediately began to wonder...
Apology Time
Four Key Steps for a Real Apology That Heals the Harm and Restores the Relationship There have been some very public apologies in the headlines in the last few weeks, and the commentary has been loud. Much of it has been negative. Folks just didn’t get it right the...

