FIND YOUR BALANCE
unlock your potential

FIND YOUR BALANCE
unlock your potential

State of the union family discussion

State of the union family discussion

  For the end of the 2016 year, our family gathered for a State of the Union family discussion.  We reflected on our individual achievements and our challenges, as well as our...

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Shout out to a former student

Shout out to a former student

A Shout Out to Chris, for encouraging 30+ fraternity brothers to like LifeUpright.  He is one of my former athletes/students from my coaching and etiquette teaching years who I keep up...

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Gain superstar status!

Gain superstar status!

Spending time with and encouraging young people reaps huge benefits!  I spend all last week playing games with pre-K and elementary kids and had 2 middle school boys helping me with VBS....

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Pop & Me

Pop & Me

Hope all the dads out there enjoyed Father's Day!  It was extra special this year for me because it was also my birthday! I'm especially grateful to mine for teaching me to never do anything...

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Relationships

Relationships

Relationships, I believe, are the single most important thing we have.  We encourage our family to surround themselves with strong, healthy relationships.  We've used concepts from this book by...

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Dinnertime table discussions

Dinnertime table discussions

"How many of your friends have INTEGRITY?"  That was a dinner topic we discussed with our 3 children.  From young ages through today as young adults we have had conversations like this and many...

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Honored to be a mother

Honored to be a mother

This Mother's Day and always, I am honored to be the mother of these 3 + 1 son-in-law who all strive to be healthy, happy, honest, hard working, helpful and humble.

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Dancing with my Sons

Dancing with my Sons

Love getting to dance with my sons from the early years to nowadays! Both have turned out to be really good dancers. So proud of them!

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Pet peeve of mine

Pet peeve of mine

Lol!  This wasn't the case over the last few days - just spending time with my family as they had days off from work for Easter.  While I'm on the subject, a huge pet peeve of mine is seeing...

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How are your relationships?

How are your relationships?

How are your relationships?  Healthy, strained, difficult?  I had an interesting conversation yesterday with friends about dealing with people with unrealistic expectations and lack of...

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