by Dr. John Townsend | Feb 8, 2020 | Boundaries, Communicating, Emotions, Growth, Leadership, Planning
It is just hard, hard, hard to be patient. It’s so easy to be frustrated and even jump the gun on situations that involve time, and ending up making poor decisions. But learning to be competent in the skill of patience is a secret that people who accomplish great...
by Dr. John Townsend | Dec 28, 2019 | Communicating, Growth
Most of us have gotten to the point that we feel a bit skeptical about “New Year-New You” thinking. Whether it be about diet, health, career, family or relationships, we find that it pretty much tends to have a good start and then fizzle out. This approach has a good...
by Dr. John Townsend | Sep 4, 2019 | Education, Growth, Leadership, Planning, Uncategorized
My wife Barbi and I recently returned from a combination trip of attending a close friend’s destination wedding, plus vacationing, both in the beautiful state of Maine. We stayed in the downtown area of the seaport village of Belfast. Across the street from us was a...
by Dr. John Townsend | Aug 28, 2019 | Communicating, Growth
Research shows us that the quality of our relationships is a major indicator of how our quality of life works out. Those who don’t have enough sustained and safe relationships tend to have more health, relationship, emotional and career challenges. Relationships...
by Dr. John Townsend | Mar 5, 2019 | Growth, Planning
We all have some “whatever” that we just can’t motivate ourselves to start taking steps towards weight loss, job changes, marriage improvement, self-image growth, budgeting, health, and dating, for example. And there is a big gap between wanting a change, and...
