Category: A Better Way For Everyday Life

Feeling like something is wrong with you doesn’t necessarily mean something is. Before trying to fix yourself, learn how to examine what is true, identify what you are actually dealing with, and find the kind of answer that fits the real problem.

Difficult conversations can bring fear, uncertainty, and the temptation to avoid them altogether. Learn how truth, preparation, understanding others, and a willingness to face discomfort can help you handle what needs to be said without trying to control the outcome.

Why do I take criticism so personally? Before deciding how to handle the hurt, anger, or defensiveness criticism can cause, there is a more important question: Is what was said true? Learn how to separate truth from exaggeration, correct what needs correcting, and reject what isn’t true.

Why is it so hard to change behavior when you genuinely want to change? Learn how the principles and responses you’ve practiced become habits—and how deliberately practicing better principles can begin to change your character.

Why do I keep making the same mistakes even when I know better? Learn how the principles you practice can shape your habits, responses, and character—and how practicing better principles can lead to lasting change.

Now that you can start to see how you have been formed—and that others may be different—there’s a question most of us don’t think to ask: What does my personality type have to do with love? It turns out—quite a bit. In fact, love may be the most misunderstood part of how we relate to…

“No one understands me… it’s frustrating.” “How much easier would life be if people would just listen to me?” Most of us have thought this—some of us have said it out loud. So why don’t other people see what seems so obvious to me? Why don’t they  respond the way I would? The honest answer…

“Who are you?” Most people go through life reacting to situations without ever understanding the personality that is doing the reacting. Understanding yourself is one of the first principles behind The Layman’s Way — because the way we are wired influences how we respond to nearly everything in life. Why do you naturally enjoy some…