Is this the end of the world? Or are you having a bad day? My cell phone rang at 12:45 Sunday morning. On the other end of the line was a woman yelling, Dr. Mike please call 911, my cell is not letting me call 911, please help me, my husband is stabbing himself. I quickly made the call to dispatch; her husband was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. This couple had been fighting for several days, and the wife could no longer take it. She was now fighting back to save her s...

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I was unloading a UPS trailer during a blizzard in Wisconsin, it was cold, and I did not like the trailer rattling in the wind. Some snow was blowing through the cracks of the trailer that was backed on the dock. The temperatures outside were minus 12, and the wind gusts were over 50 mph. This blizzard started shortly after we reported for work. Drivers started calling in to work at 4:30 AM wondering if they should show up with the weather conditions the way they were. I listened to the supervi...

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What did you say about me? I got a call from a friend who wanted some juicy gossip about a friend of ours. I listened and was pondering how I should address this situation. He started to share very personal details about our mutual friend. I said wait a minute, how about if we just go to Bob's house and confront him and ask him if what your sharing is true! The silence on the other end was deafening. I waited for him to respond, and had to ask him, if he was still on the phone. He stammered and...

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Situation ethics, how do you score? I love talking with all kinds of diverse people; professional athletes, lawyers, Doctors, politicians, movie stars, store clerks, mechanics, teachers, students, etc. I have learned a great deal from these folks.  I hear all kinds of stories and histories about peoples lives. It always amazes me when people share private details about their lives. Many of the things they talk about are the very things we struggle with. They complain about rude and pus...

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Watching people lose their cool on both sides of the counter. I received a crisis call for my immediate help in North Carolina, for a couple needing two crisis relationship Coaching sessions. "Mike, we need your help in repairing our marriage the caller asked, can you please come, we are near a divorce and my wife wants to leave tonight?" Sure, I said, I will check with a friend to see if he can help me out with a buddy pass, and let you know when I am coming, and then hung up. I thought for a ...

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