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  • Why you should definitely inhale

    Right before you taxi down the runway, flight attendants share a simple message. “In the case of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the ceiling compartment.” You know what they’re going to say next, right?

  • Creating the Relationships You Crave

    Let’s face it; when it comes to relationships, we’ve all received some bad training over the years. Divorce. Mean girls. Crazy exes. Narcissistic parents.

    Even if you had…

  • Playing the Hand You’re Dealt

    Today I get to go under the knife of a surgeon, fixing my hip flexor tendon that was apparently damaged after my hip replacement a year ago. As my wife Jenny knows better than anyone, this will be my 7th surgery…

  • It’s time…

    For all parents—tomorrow is a big day for you. I believe it with all my heart. Starting tomorrow, you will no longer have to wait…

  • Parents of all ages with kids of all ages

    Parents write in to us constantly asking all kinds of questions. We try to answer as many…

  • How can you motivate a teenager?

    Recently we’ve hosted a couple of Ask Hal webinars, where you got the chance to send in your personal questions directly. Here’s one I didn’t get to answer during that time:

  • How do you feel…about you?

    Do you believe you’re a good parent? Do you see yourself as a good spouse? How about as a leader, or colleague?

    It is so easy to cite all the external factors limiting…

  • Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

    Every time I smell laundry detergent, I remember a little sign that hung in my childhood home’s laundry room. It read, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” As a young kid, I was almost hypnotized by it…

  • How to Raise a Bully…and a Bully’s Victim

    There’s some new research out there confirming what we’ve strongly suspected for awhile: Strict, authoritarian parenting, using psychological intimidation to…

  • Sometimes…

    Sometimes…life is just….