I'm not a mother or father, but I'm a daughter who took the time I spent with my father seriously. When I was a teenager, my dad drove me to and from youth group, and while he drove we talked - about boys, dating, school, whatever came up. More >>

I take my role as provider and protector seriously, so this was hard to face. I was offered a job that paid even more than the first one I had, but I would be on the road for three weeks at a time. How could I leave my family unguarded for three weeks... More >>

My husband and I have been married for 24 years. He is my hero and I am his girlfriend. Mothering my children is my main job after caring for my husband... More >>

Twenty years ago, I shacked up with an abusive man. I let this abysmal situation go on for six years, and then I found your program... More >>

I grew up in a house where my father verbally, emotionally, and physically abused me and my two sisters (I thank God there was no sexual abuse to any of us). His mood swings were sporadic and we were always walking on eggshells. More >>

Life is tough. Our hearts get hit, again and again. We get battered with disappointment, estrangement, abandonment, rejection, break-ups, illness, disabilities, and death. Grief is familiar to most of us... More >>

One of today's challenges is deciding how to communicate matters of consequence, whether in business affairs or personal matters. The question here is which situations deserve real face-to-face communication... More >>

...I was a stay-at-home mom (my kids are now all young adults), and when my youngest was in second grade, the school had a 'mother's day lunch' for kids in her grade and their moms... More >>

I was 23 and stupid, but smart enough to know I had to find a job to make some money before I started graduate school. At that job, the radio was set to your show. Thank God for that. I heard you say 'you have to kiss a lot of toads before you find your prince'... More >>

Recently a friend asked for my advice when she was considering divorcing. My marriage broke up several years ago, and I told her it was one of the biggest regrets of my life. If I had to do it all over again, I would have definitely worked at saving the marriage... More >>