With the divorce rate rising every year, we have to consciously take steps to divorce-proof our marriages. Here are some tips on how you can do that.

We are all multi-sensory beings, meaning that we all have the sensory connections through seeing, tasting, smelling, speaking, hearing and feeling. These are all separate channels that activate different parts of the brain. The more of our brain that is awakened, or activated, the more places in our brain we are imprinting messages.

So what exactly is PTSD? It stands for Post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder develops after an ordeal which involves some form of trauma. The person who develops Post-traumatic stress disorder may have been harmed or harm may have happened to a loved one, or the person may have witnessed a harmful event which happened to loved ones or strangers.

If your first thought about the title was, "That sounds boring," you might be right. If you knew that over 2 million Americans were affected and afflicted by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and chances are you know at least one of these people, then you might be more intrigued.

The standard V.I.P. is traditionally translated to Very Important Person. But for our purposes here it stands for Values, Integrity and Purpose. I believe these three elements build the "foundational triad" which enables us to have fulfilling and lasting relationships.

Whether you are writing goals, to-do lists, or your life vision, healing letters to yourself or others, journaling, or just some creative expression, you make your world bigger and much clearer by using your "sword and shield" which is your pen and your writing tablet.

When your life purpose is directing your life, you carry out your life on purpose, rather than accidentally (gives a whole new meaning to "an accident waiting to happen").

Did you know that I like acronyms? I do (in case you didn't know) because acronyms make it easier for me to remember things, and they make for a wonderful and powerful format to present material from. So here is my latest acronym: I.M.P.O.R.T.A.N.T.

Vision is at the foundation of your Life. Vision gives your Life a target to aim for. And that target represents everything you want to do, be and have in your life. In other words, it is all that is possible.

Every athlete, whether professional or amateur, has a coach. So do other people of high stature, such as Oprah and Barbara Streisand. And guess what?...So do I! However, the difference is that an athlete has a coach for the game, where as Oprah, Barbara and myself have a coach for something that is much bigger and even more important: Life.