Think about how much time you spend planning. You plan your meals. Plan your day. Plan your vacations. Plan your wedding. Plan your family and plan your life. The question is how well is that working for you? How many times have you painstakingly planned something only to have the bottom drop out at the last minute? It really shouldn’t …
When our kids were little I use to sing a little song with them that went like this: “When you’re happy and you know it clap your hands. When you’re happy and you know it stomp your feet. When you’re happy and you know it then your face will surely show it when you’re happy and you know …
Author of Shattered: Finding Hope and Healing Through the Losses of Life 1. What motivated you to write a book on loss? Certainly my own personal losses were definitely a significant factor, but as a therapist sitting with clients over the last 12 years, I noticed a consistent theme in each person’s story. It didn’t seem to matter what their …
This is a rare book of encouragement and hope that takes on some of life’s most difficult questions. With honesty and wisdom Rita goes beyond trite theory or psychologizing on how to merely survive losses to specific ways that, with God’s help, we can actually thrive, grow, deepen and mature in the midst of the inevitable pain, agony, discouragement and …
You know about those days. Where getting out of bed seems like climbing Mount Everest. You don’t want to face the pain. You don’t want to face your life. Maybe you don’t want to face yourself. You try desperately to pull something out of your soul, something that will fill you. Nothing comes. It’s dry. But you’re drowning all …
What is the working title of your book? Sifted as Wheat: Finding Hope and Healing through the losses of life. Where did the idea come from for the book? My own losses, as well as the many folks I’ve counseled over the years. What genre does your book fall under? Grief, Loss, Women’s issues, Mental health, Spirituality, Personal growth and …
Have you ever gone to the perfume counter at the department store to look for a new fragrance? You might try several, spraying them on to decide which one you like best. By the end of it all, you can’t tell one smell from the next. You leave empty handed, telling the store clerk you want to see which scent …
I’m a control freak. How about you? The problem is I never realized it. I thought control freaks were the strong dominant type who demanded, manipulated others, and expected A + B to always = C, as long as they were in charge. The problem with the formula for control is that it leaves out a very important detail— the …
Ever heard of a hoodoo? I hadn’t either until I traveled to Arizona. A hoodoo is a tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland. Hoodoos consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. Wikipedia Hoodoos are mainly located in …
“A Joy that is Greater than Our Circumstances” Interview with Rita A. Schulte and Catherine Leggitt [audio:http://www.ritaschulte.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/LivingBetter5_17_2012.mp3|titles=LivingBetter5_17_2012]