Not that I’m so different from many of you. Life hurts. It just does. The dirty details aren’t important. Let’s just say I’m happy to be alive doing what I love to do: sharing some of what I have learned about finding harmony on the journey. I need to do this like I need to breathe. It is my mission.

Finding harmony isn't just about singing together; It is a movement to compliment, bolster, and support. And who doesn't need a little help in finding harmony in a world that seems a little mad? We often seem to know more about what doesn't work than what does, what is wrong instead of what is right. We're critics and victims, not coaches and heroes. And since what we focus on gets bigger, the cycle of pain becomes not only self-defeating but self-fulfilling.

My decision to speak out about the adversity commonplace in our lives comes from my personal struggles at work and in life. After working for more than two decades as a mental health director, management trainer, and organizational consultant, I felt compelled to do something about the extraordinary pressure upon good people to do bad things at work. Since the workplace is where 135 million people spend most of their waking hours, it should not come as a surprise that “standing for something” at work is not easy. Carved within our hearts are indelible memories of dominion gone amok. Collective power failures in all kinds of institutions tell us how easy it is to lose our moral compass. For many of the 80 percent of American families where both parents work, the stress is at the breaking point.