Cultivate Courage Blog

We’re about three weeks into this long and winding road of my daughter’s breast cancer diagnosis. To date, not much has happened other than postponements for her chemo to begin. Now it is scheduled for July 6 after having originally being scheduled for June 22 and...

When fear is a part of our lives we rarely share it with anyone because we think this fear is only impacting our lives and no one else. The reality is that our fears, more often than not, impact those around us without us realizing it. Let me explain the price of your...

If you’ve read my blog with any regularity you know that my wife and I had a crisis time in our lives back in 2010-2012. Over the course of 13 months we both lost our jobs and had to sell our home at the bottom of the market during the recession because we had no...

In college I lived in a house with seven to nine other guys depending on the semester.One day one of my roommates came home at the end of his classes. I knew he had gotten back the results of a big test in one of his classes that day. I asked him how it had gone and...

“Oh, c’mon. Don’t be a chicken!” Likely many of you heard those words from a sibling or a friend or even a parent when you were growing up. Maybe you were being challenged to ring a doorbell and run. Or, maybe it was to call up a business and ask the owner if they had...

Sunday, May 3rd, marked a milestone in my life. I celebrated my 65th birthday. According to all of the cards and greetings I received from "friends" I am now officially old. Reaching this landmark required me to make some decisions as I am now eligible for Medicare....