Showing Up
I’m pretty sure that I will never be put on a list of potential saints for fatherhood. One reason is that I am not a Catholic, (which is...
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Dr. Ted Klontz
Oct 11, 20155 min read
Rick
I recently got the news that an old friend, Rick, that I haven’t seen or heard from for 30 years or so, had just been diagnosed with...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Sep 11, 20155 min read
Communing with Ancestors
So, I find myself out in the middle of "Nowhere”, South Dakota a few weeks ago. I was there, having convinced my family what a great idea...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Aug 12, 20153 min read
Wondering Why
In 2010 I nearly died. Rare complications from a routine medical procedure, some so rare that my medical team suggested that had never...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jul 10, 20154 min read
Grandparent
My 9-year old granddaughter, Morgan, asked me (each night she gets to answer the question, “Who would you like to put you to bed?”) to...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jun 16, 20153 min read
Father's Day
I was cleaning out some files today and buried in a long forgotten folder I found a letter. Dated August 1995. It was a letter I had...
Dr. Ted Klontz
May 13, 20152 min read
Old, Old, Old Man
I recently attended a workshop where one of the assignments was to write an imaginary letter from a descendant some 50, 60, 70, even 100...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Apr 12, 20153 min read
One Less Regret
“He’s gone”. “We’ve lost Jerry” was the news. The shocking news, really. He died suddenly and unexpectedly. I actually felt myself not...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Mar 9, 20155 min read
Fixin to "Do A Ted"
My best friend John had invited my wife and I to have dinner with him and a woman that he had recently begun dating. In fact, I believe...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Feb 14, 20155 min read
Trouble with the Truth
“Truth is often difficult to distinguish, it can be a gift or a burden. It can be kind or cruel. It frequently eludes our grasp. We find...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jan 14, 20152 min read
New Year's Resolutions
If you made one or more resolutions this New Years and have been successful in following through... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!! You are...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Dec 10, 20143 min read
Who Killed Robin Williams? II
My last post caused a bit of a stir. Some of you were asking the same questions I was asking, others wondered how I could dare ask the...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Nov 9, 20143 min read
Who Killed Robin Williams?
I did a presentation the other day to a group of professionals -- financial, therapy and research professionals. The title was some...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Sep 14, 20144 min read
Nature's Lesson
I was in the middle of a deep discussion, when out of the corner of my eye, something caught my attention. When I looked in that...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jul 20, 20144 min read
What I Didn't Do
As the French policeman stepped aboard the bus, I knew what he was looking for. He was looking for the man who had assaulted one of the...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Apr 1, 20144 min read
The Labyrinth
Before a recent workshop I led, the sponsor of that workshop took me to a beautiful outdoor garden created by and on the grounds of a...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Mar 2, 20148 min read
The Game
I was seven weeks into a massively complicated medical ordeal a couple of years ago. I had an experience that I describe as a day- time...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jan 27, 20143 min read
My Judgmental Self
I was on a 3-week trip recently and ended up having to interact with a lady who tended to drive me nuts. She was loud, discourteous,...
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