Dr. Michelle Watson
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Dad, Start 2019 Off Right With This Powerful Exercise
Back in my ’20s I was radical about goal setting, so much so that twice a year, I would join my friend Lynn as we’d head to places like Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood or to a cottage along the Washington Coast where we’d set individual six-month goals. Then we’d reconvene bi-annually to revisit and …
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Dad, This Is How to Make Your Daughter Feel Like a Princess
“I wish I could be a princess,” my 9-year-old niece Amy said longingly as we walked out of the theater after seeing Princess Diaries starring Anne Hathaway back in 2001. I’ll never forget the faraway look in Amy’s eyes as she expressed her secret wish to be in the same place as Mia Thermopolis, whose …
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These Words Have Power to Crush Your Daughter—Have You Said Them?
“Your words wear me out.” Dad, have you ever thought—or said—these five words to your daughter? If so, you’re not alone! Truth be told, I’ve had more dads than I can count tell me they often are glassy-eyed as their daughters (especially adolescent girls) talk so fast and furious that it’s like they’re standing there …
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How a Dad’s Love Helped This 90-Year-Old Woman Survive Torture, Abuse
I’m at the age where attending funerals is becoming more commonplace. And truly, there’s nothing like an end of life celebration to bring everything into perspective. Awhile back I attended a funeral for a dear friend’s husband. There was hardly a dry eye in the place as one of their sons shared story after story …
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Dad, Here’s What You Can Do About Sexual Abuse
I once heard it said that “movies suspend reality for a period of time and open up new possibilities.” This past week I watched something unfold on the small screen that wasn’t exactly a made-for-tv movie; instead, it was a real-life drama. And it opened up something in me, namely a drive to speak up and speak …
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This Inexpensive Gift Will Likely Mean the Most to Your Daughter This Christmas
Dad, if you plan on being in line with the millions of other men across the country who will have waited until the last minute to get their Christmas gifts, then you’re going to want to keep reading. Why? Because I have a Christmas gift idea for you that your daughter will love! Better yet, It …
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Dad, This Is What Your Daughter Needs From You So She Can Walk in God’s Call
Every once in a while, a speaker will communicate truth in such a way that it literally touches a core place inside the listener. Dr. Larry Crabb has been one of those truth-speakers into my life. I’ll never forget hearing him speak a few years ago where his insights were so impactful that I chewed …
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What Your Daughter Desperately Wants to Tell You
I wish you could sit in my counseling office, even for part of a day, because you’d hear what I consistently hear from teenage girls and 20-something women. You’d hear how often they doubt themselves, how often they fear a future without a boyfriend to love them back, how often they don’t know how to express what’s really going on inside …
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Dad, It’s Up to You to Diffuse Conflict With Your Daughter—Here’s How
One of my favorite things is receiving emails from dads and daughters who ask questions about how to better their relationship. Not that I always have the perfect answer, but there’s something refreshing about an authentic, heart-felt inquiry that opens up an honest interaction. I respect the courage it takes to ask vulnerable questions that …
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Help Heal Your Daughter’s Heart With These 4 Practical Steps
A friend of mine recently told me something he believes to be true about most men. He said that rather than risk being viewed as incompetent, men tend to cover up their insecurities by acting like they know things…even when they don’t. So that raises a couple of questions for me as one who deeply …
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Practical Tips for Staying Your Teenage Daughter’s First Hero
You were the first man to: hold her hand and win her heart give her a kiss and snuggle her close read a bedtime story and tuck her in bed wipe her tears and calm her fears save the day and scare the boogey man away teach her to ride a bike and throw a …
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This Gift of Words Can Transform Your Atrophied Relationship With Your Kids
Dads, I want to give you a gift from my heart to yours … a gift of words. (I know that probably isn’t exactly your first choice, and you’d much prefer a paddle or a Fitbit but this is the best I can do from afar!). I want to begin with some validation and encouragement (just …
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A Simple, 5-Step Path to Boldly Engage Your Daughter’s Heart
I’ve heard it said that men do their best when they’re challenged—and not just challenged to do something possible, but something bigger and harder than they could ever imagine doing. Case in point: I watched a documentary a while back where men voluntarily attended a week of grueling military boot camp, paying large sums of money to be pushed past their …
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Why Every Dad Should Follow This Formula With His Daughter
If I could give you a three-step quick-fix formula for being the best dad alive, would you want it? Of course you would! It’s human nature to want the fastest, easiest and most efficient path possible to success. But when it comes to fathering, it doesn’t quite work that way. It’s the “slow and steady …
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What Your Single Daughter Needs to Hear From You
I don’t know if it’s something in the air lately or if it’s just the typical awakening that happens after a long winter, but suffice it to say that I’ve had more talks recently with women about their singleness than I’ve had in the entire past year combined. Maybe it’s tied to the colorful spring …
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