When I started working as an attorney in family law, it didn’t take long before I experienced, “the Flip.” I represented a woman. Her ex was physically abusive. It was painfully clear she was telling the truth. We had a recording of her being attacked by her ex,...
In November of 1978 Jim Jones led over 900 people into drinking a cyanide-laced Kool-Aid-like drink. The result was mass suicide. From that event we coined the phrase, “drinking the Kool-Aid.” The expression is relevant to situations in which someone or a group of...
Sei Weng’s Story There is an old Taoist story about a man named, Sei Weng, that has relevance to what’s happening to us today. Sei Weng was a Chinese farmer. He lived with his son. They had a beautiful horse that was the envy of everyone in the village....
The other day I was in a gaming store and watched as a patron was virtually yelling at a clerk about how angry he was that people were buying all the toilet paper. “It doesn’t make any sense! Why toilet paper?! Like that’s going to stop them from getting sick!” What...
In this video we discuss the power of using gratitude as a tool when you’re in the midst of conflict. It will help you to feel better and will cause the other side to attack you less....
