Phillip C. Ownby

Congratulations on deciding to start a business! Everything is going great. You're motivated, you've got an idea (or maybe not!), you've seen and read enough people starting their own small businesses, and you know you can do it, too. But there's one small problem: You've never actually started a small business before! Don't worry. It's not as difficult as it seems once you know the steps you need to take.

In any way, the truth relates to others, whether it be kin, platonic, or personal, SEX is an acquired skill gained through years of practice. If you had the ability to see open communication modeled as a kid in your family, perhaps you may have embraced those skills automatically, but again - they are not innate. Unfortunately, we never have a chance to see safe, difficult conversations playing out, so they don't teach us how to handle issues like waning ambition or hating our bodies in school. That means, in our struggles we sometimes feel like we are totally alone.