Did your sex drive recently dive?Before you look to testosterone, blame her, or call it midlife. It may have less to do with drive than it does with stress. Your body is keeping track more than you realize. Back to school. End of summer vacation. Dropping the first one at the dorm. Grieving the transition of another season. Life is full. However, if you want to feel fully alive, it will require doing the sacrificial work that is essential to reigniting what you want most. Your drive may be...

You’ve learned how to make million-dollar decisions. But leading your wife the same way? That scares you. And it’s costing you real intimacy. All of life has a way of shaping us, and then we often repeat the same patterns until we get a wake-up call. There are learned behaviors that help us get what we want. Then there are false identities that helped us learn how to cope. Here’s the truth most men miss: the reason you’re not getting the love and intimacy you want with your wife isn’t her...

Wholehearted Leadership is back this coming Tuesday and I'm honored to bring you five conversations at the intersection of identity, marriage, and vocation. Lyle Wells — President of Integris Leadership, executive coach, and a guy who's been fired twice and learned to hold his purpose tightly while holding every position loosely. We talk about why life is a series of sprints, not a marathon. Steve Cuss — Founder of Capable Life and author of Managing Leadership Anxiety. Steve helped me see...