I avoid political commentary in this space because ya’ll can get your fill many other places. “Beth and Scott’s Adventure” is about the journeys we take, the people we meet and the inner transformative experiences that take place along that path. But I would feel incredibly dishonest if I did not mention the proverbial elephant …

Our February trip to Oaxaca, Mexico has been put on hold. Due to some unforeseen medical expenses and a lighter than usual winter-spring calendar, we opted to cancel our plans to investigate Mexico as an ex-pat retirement location…for now. Instead, we are going to Lancaster, PA where we will be staying in a stranger’s home …

In the lingo of Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families, we use a few different archetypes to represent the voices in our heads. The Loving Parent is, obviously, the person we want to run the show, but for most of us it is the Critical Parent who shows up in our lives saying in …

I’ve turned a corner. After years hoping that I would uncover and feel some of the softer emotions available mostly to women, I am finally beginning to experience them myself. Yes – this lumbering lunk of man clay has begun to cry at romance novels. I came here quite by accident. After enjoying 30 or …

I’ll admit it. My main reasons for working out (strength and cardiovascular training) were more about other people than me. I wanted to look good, to receive admiring glances from the opposite sex and, never, ever be embarrassed to wear a bathing suit at the beach. I also wanted to eat what I wanted in …

If I could go back and be a kid, again, there’s one thing that I would change. I’d look at my fears and try to expand my comfort zone beyond my own narrow, limited beliefs. Literally and figuratively, I would take more swings and learn to hit the ball better as a result. Yeah. If …