“Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 When we are growing love bonds with others, their love for us …
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“Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 When we are growing love bonds with others, their love for us …
Continue Reading about Excerpt from: Intimacy through Love, Joy, and Bonding
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep." Romans 12: 15 Here is a great way to look at what this verse …
Jesus wants us to live from our hearts--that part of us where we connect with Him and hear Him. The opposite of living from our …
All of us long for loving connections, belonging and unconditional acceptance. God designed us that way. We look for people and …
A few weeks ago I was talking to my niece, Stacey Tafao, and she mentioned that she had heard a speaker say there are differences …
Last week I was talking with my dear friend, Debbie, and she asked me to write about unconditional love and good shame messages. …
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As I promised, here are Greg's own words about his short adventure with incarceration. Written in 2006 for my parenting book, …
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In my last blog I talked about a new book I’m working on which is will be finished in the future. We think the title will be …
Bullying is a hot topic these days; we even hear about it in the news. There are playground bullies, work-place bullies, and cyber …
For several weeks I have been working on a new book that might not even have my name on it. I’m making a CD into a book because …

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to get triggered by corrections or disagreements? This is especially true if we grew up with …
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Shame, along with sad, anger, fear, disgust and hopelessness, is one of the six negative emotions common to all people, joy being …
