Sep
04
Do I feel special? Two stickers on my apple. Yes!
Sep
03
Anne Bradstreet said, “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” I agree with Anne. How can you know success or happiness…
Sep
02
Someone once said, “A hug is a great gift – one size fits all, and it’s easy to exchange.” This is true but if you’ve ever seen the Free Hugs video it seems hugs are sometimes hard to give away….
Sep
01
Napoleon Bonaparte said, “If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.” I suggest the same can be said of any relationship. Those little gibs that add up and add up until someone gets a poke…
Aug
31
Jonathan Kozel said, “Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.” This makes a lot of sense to me. Sometimes we pick battles that don’t matter at all, that we will never win, and put a huge amount…
Aug
31
Friday night saw 300 fitness fanatics descend on the Hyatt Hotel in Auckland for the annual FitnessLife Magazine Fitness Awards. Getting dressed up in a tux for the event made the evening a little bit more special and because I…
Aug
31
It’s very easy for us to overestimate how often problems occur in our relationship. We can use terms like “you never… you always…..you’re so….you’re forever….. etc. This inflates the frequency of the problem, and gets people on the defensive. Keep…
Aug
30
These ten tips look like common sense to me.
Aug
28
Austin O’Malley said, “Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.” I like being honest. For the most part it’s easy but sometimes people are really asking you to lie to them when they ask…
Aug
27
Walter Savage Landor said, “Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.” How often do you bend? Sometimes bending is disguised as compromise. A word I’m not that keen on but it seems to…