Cultivate Courage Blog

This past weekend my wife and I went on a getaway to a hotel on a lake in northern Minnesota. The purpose of the trip was two-fold. First, we were going to review the past year and then set some personal and couple goals for 2019. This was a first for us as we’ve...

She spoke very softly but very clearly and with no compromise. “I will not stand up.” She looked to be in her early thirties. Her husband and two small children watched her as she climbed onto the paddleboard. She clearly had a fear of the water and being in the water...

This photo shows my 5 year-old grandson, Josiah, beaming with pride at his catch of this northern pike while ice fishing with his dad. Past Three year-old grandson, Troy, didn’t go ice fishing with his dad and older brother when this fish was caught. He was asked but...

The longer I write and speak about fear and courage the more I see them play out in our lives every day. Watch any drama tv show or movie and the plot will involve someone being afraid of something. As the movie progresses you'll observe the characters avoiding,...

“I should have told you something. I didn’t have the courage to tell you.” These are the words shared by Grace to Bob in the movie Return to Me. These words have been put off and put off because Grace was afraid of Bob’s reaction when he found out what she had to...

“Without the ability to end things, people stay stuck, never becoming who they are meant to be, never accomplishing all that their talents and abilities should afford them.”  This is a quote from a great book, Necessary Endings, by Dr. Henry Cloud. While it references...