Author Archives: tmfairchild
Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default – Episode# 8 – Keeping One’s NO’S Clean
Please scroll to the bottom of this blog to hear the podcast! The terrible two’s evoke memories of the dreaded sound of NO, an utterance with the frequency of summer southern humidity. Toddlers and stubbornness travel in pairs. The egocentric world roars as desire develops in little people. Aware of their power, they grab everything [...]
Dr. Nick – Resetting the Default – Episode 7 – Creating a DRAMA-FREE Zone
Please scroll to the bottom of this post to hear/download the podcast! Everywhere I turn, I hear about relational drama. It’s either “I don’t do drama,” “too much drama for me” or “she’s a drama queen.” Not only have I heard it used in melodramatic tones. I’ve walked into the trap. For all of its’ [...]
Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default – Episode# 6 – The Spirit of Easter
Please scroll to the bottom of this post to hear the podcast! “The story of Easter is the story of God’s wonderful window of divine surprise.” Carl Knudsen There is such a temptation to intellectualize and even materialize the world of spirit. We seek to understand. We long to see with our eyes and feel [...]
Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default – Episode# 5 2/19/2012 – From Too Much to Not Enough – It’s Time For a Lenten Fast
Please scroll to the bottom of this post to hear the podcast! How often do we hear the phrase, “I’ve got too much on my plate.” And yet, buffets are popping up from town to city, from suburban shopping malls to interstate exits. All you can eat signs have become a far more attractive sound [...]
Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default – Episode# 4 2/5/2012 – A Priceless Letter
Please scroll to the bottom of this post to hear the podcast! I am a member of an extraordinary family – not only do the eight of us, ranging from ages 63 down to 45, enjoy the ongoing support of each other. Our parents also taught us, particularly our Mother, that even in times of [...]
Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default – Episode# 3 12/18/2011 – A Counter Cultural Christmas
Please Scroll To The Bottom of This Post To Listen to The Podcast! Nearly ten years ago, our family had to open the door to the angel of death. My Mother had passed away from a brain aneurysm. We buried her on January 3, 2001. A few short years later, we opened the door yet [...]
Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default – Episode# 2 – 7:17 AM
On July 3rd, 2009, my left retina detached, leaving me the prospect of having only one eye with which to see the world. After 4 surgeries, hope for restored vision transferred to hope for continued vision in the second. And while disturbed by the loss, I adapted rather effortlessly to the reality of one eye. [...]
Dr. Nick – Resetting The Default – Episode# 1 – 12 Steps…
Please scroll down to the bottom of this post to listen to the podcast. In this episode Dr. Nick takes us through looking inward by having a deep knowledge about ourselves, actions and beliefs. He provides a wonderful example of how everyone can use the 12 steps in our lives. He goes into detail on [...]

