The Art of Conversation: Recharging Our Socially Distanced Batteries
I had lunch with a longtime friend of mine this week. For the last few months, we have made a commitment to getting together once a month for lunch, because even though we live...
Author: Roger Butner
One Another
Let’s face it. 2020 has been a WILD ride. And it ain’t over yet! Covid-19. Job loss. Social distancing. Economic hardship. Masking up. Harsh racial realities. Political strife. Layers and layers of social tension....
Important Availability Update
As of now, and for the foreseeable future, I am available to meet with clients either in my office or via teletherapy (through computer or smartphone) to residents of Louisiana. Both options are available...
It’s Not Just You!
Feeling weary as you make it through one day at a time of this coronavirus/COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 season of “sheltering at home” and “maintaining social distancing?” Yeah. I’ll bet you are. It isn’t just you. This...
10 Simple Ways to Maintain Mental/Emotional Health
This is a picture of me in my ultimate “happy place” – at the bank of the Snake River just at the edge of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. If I could choose...
Keep Calm, Be Proactive, and Carry On
WOW! Our present situation with Covid-19 is like nothing we have ever experienced. We are abruptly trying to adjust to unprecedented closings of activities, schools, and organizations. Some are crying, “APOCALYPSE!” Others are crying,...
Change the World! One Word of Encouragement at a Time.
Encouragement. It can be given and received in so many ways: A smile. A thoughtful text. Thanking a restaurant server or store clerk by name. Giving a hug. Cheering for someone during their performance....
Lightening Your Load: Expectations
I’m firing up the blog rhythm today with a series about the tremendous freeing value of lightening your load. We will look at four different ways we can unnecessarily weigh ourselves down in life,...
Grimy and Grateful
Last Thursday morning started off pretty much like any other Thursday morning at my house. I got up just as my wife was heading to work, woke up The Lad (who is now less...
