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May 31, 2019
4 min

Why Me?

I was finishing up presenting an “Exquisite Listening®” communication skills workshop recently. We had just finished the last day’s ser...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Apr 26, 2019
5 min

Coaches

“A coach is someone who shows you how to be excellent, reminds you of your excellence, and lets you know when you're being less than exce...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Mar 30, 2019
7 min

Boys to Men

I was born and raised in Southern Ohio. The family farm was the centerpiece of my formative years. Uncles, Aunts, Grandparents, a Great...

Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me…….?

Dr. Ted Klontz

Feb 20, 2019
4 min

Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me…….?

From the song, “When I’m 64”, by the Beatles. Ah, the Beatles, maybe they are to blame. My parents warned me about them. A friend of m...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Jan 25, 2019
3 min

Do You See What I See?

That’s the question that the old Christmas carol asks. If you would, before you read any further, please go to YouTube, and bring up and...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Dec 28, 2018
3 min

Happy Holidays?

I was talking with a friend recently and she mentioned that though she had designed every aspect of her holiday season, she felt surprisi...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Nov 25, 2018
5 min

Domestic Violence

I’ve been examining what got and has kept me so motivated, so agitated, so troubled over the last few years. In ways that are new for me...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Oct 26, 2018
5 min

What My Father Taught Me

First, I would like to thank the people who so lovingly supported me in the ways that work best for me during my recent medical adventure...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Sep 28, 2018
6 min

Edward

The first day we ever spoke, Edward (not his real name) and I passed by each other as I was leaving the YMCA gym and he was just arriving...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Aug 24, 2018
7 min

An Inside Job

In my last newsletter, I spoke of recently being diagnosed with what has turned out to be a “difficult to treat”, squamous skin cancer in...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Jul 21, 2018
6 min

Thoughts and Prayers

In early June I noticed a sore on the inside of my ear that for the past several months would heal, then open and heal again. I finally ...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Jun 23, 2018
7 min

Tell Me Why?

With the recent suicides of two very famous, very public figures, I’ve been asked more than once, how I make sense of what they did. As a...

Dr. Ted Klontz

May 17, 2018
4 min

The Labyrinth: Birth and Death

After one of my recent “Touching Mortality” workshops, one of the participants suggested that I write about something I had briefly touch...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Apr 13, 2018
4 min

Bittersweet Notes From the Road

Just leaving a pal’s house, let’s call him Jo. I met him 30 years ago. He was a rock star in my world. He’d been handpicked to work with...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Mar 16, 2018
4 min

Act As If: Cambridge, England

A young man I’ll call Carl who had just completed a listening seminar I’d conducted for the Gates Scholars at Cambridge University, came ...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Feb 2, 2018
9 min

Grandfather, What Did You Do?

An Accounting A long, long time ago, I was teaching a class called “Pre-Colonial American History.” I was sharing with the class detail...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Dec 27, 2017
5 min

What Harassment?

A while back I attended a gathering of several thousand people and I was clearly in the minority. There may have been a dozen other men ...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Nov 30, 2017
3 min

Made-Up

I recently was invited to help a friend who was to be featured on a television program that would be reaching millions of people. It was ...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Oct 26, 2017
7 min

To Do List

Over the last few months, I have received several questions along the lines of “So what are YOU doing about these things that you seem to...

Dr. Ted Klontz

Sep 29, 2017
7 min

Harold

I wrote this story a few years back. Over the last few months as I have been trying to figure out what I might do to help make things be...

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