Recent Blog Posts by Adam

• Relationships Live and Die With Communication
  by Adam Rietveld
  August 28, 2024
  In 2013, my wife and I visited some of my extended family in the Netherlands and brought back souvenirs for all of our family members here. For my sisters-in-law, we brought back tiny wooden shoe magnets like the one shown above. While I was at work one day, my mother-in-law was visiting my wife at… Read more: Relationships Live and Die With Communication
• I must decline, for secret reasons.
  by Adam Rietveld
  August 19, 2024
  E.B. White sent the above as a response to joining President Eisenhower’s Committee of the Arts and Sciences. When you establish a boundary, you don’t owe anyone an explanation. The boundary is for your health and safety; saying “no” to a request isn’t mean in and of itself. It’s okay to say “no” when you… Read more: I must decline, for secret reasons.
• Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
  by Adam Rietveld
  August 9, 2024
  The status quo is comfortable, and change is uncomfortable. Old patterns of behavior are like well-worn ruts on a dirt road. While driving we fall into them automatically without thinking because they’re the path of least resistance. At the same time however, the status quo can be painful. Maybe you (or someone else in your… Read more: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable