by Scott Savage | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Hi, my name is Scott and I’m in therapy.” At one time, I thought going to therapy was a cringe-inducing move. People who went to therapy had wrecked their life. Their marriage was hanging by a thread. They had been really messed up from a troubled childhood. They...
by Scott Savage | Apr 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Anyone else seeing 14 months of crazy chaos radically alter what were once healthy relationships? I’ve talked to people who have lost family relationships, friendships, marriages, long-term dating relationships, and connections with colleagues. Some of it over...
by Scott Savage | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hi, my name is Scott and I’m a cynic. I never thought I’d wrestle with cynicism. I was such an idealist by nature. But, as comedian George Carlin famously said, “behind every cynic, you’ll find a disappointed idealist who doesn’t want to be hurt again.” I...
by Scott Savage | Jan 27, 2019 | Forgiveness
One of the hardest parts of forgiveness is learning to forgive ourselves. If you’re like me, the person you most struggle with giving grace to is the person you see in the mirror each morning. Just yesterday, I failed to do something I said I would and it took...
by Scott Savage | Jan 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the biggest challenges with forgiveness is what to do when you’re done forgiving. The title of this post is one of the most common questions I get about forgiveness. Do you reconcile? Do you trust the person again? Or do you put them on some sort of probation...