Tired of Doing the Same Thing Over & Over, Hoping for Different Results?
You didn’t wake up this morning and think, “Today is the day I need to hire a life coach (or relationship coach or spiritual coach or hope coach).” But I would put money down that you woke up this morning, you sweet woman, and within about thirty seconds, your top...
Why I Don’t Have a Bucket List
When I think bucket list, I think of people who are able to rattle off fun things they’d like to do and cool places they’d like to go, before they die. The phrase bucket list comes from another phrase kick the bucket. I know people who feel like they must jam-pack...
When Someone Doesn’t Love You Back
Some people – no matter how much you love them and how much you pursue them or how much you apologize – will never love you back or will never give you what you wish they’d give you or will never forgive you. This is not your fault. And this is only sometimes their...
Hear Me Roar?
This morning I was thinking about how when I was married the first time, I did what another person told me to do, and I didn’t do what I was told not to do. Not all the time. But a lot of the time. And, to be clear, it’s not like I was told to join in with him on porn...
IT’S NOT ABOUT A MAN
Okay, ladies, let’s get something straight, shall we? Your number one main life pursuit should not be about a man: -finding a man if you’re single -coaxing your man to propose to you if you’re ready to get moving along -fixing your man if you’re married -begging your...
All the Feels
One of the number one phrases I hear from the women I work with is this: “I am feeling {fill-in-the-blank}…is that normal?” I don’t care what emotion or feeling they have just confessed to having, I ALWAYS answer, “Whatever you are feeling is normal. Seriously,...
hashtag liveyourbestlife
I follow almost no one on Instagram but I do scroll. And I have observed a category of inspirational people that puzzle me, concern me, something me. So, there are your straight-up Bible teachers, and I love them so, with queen Beth Moore at the top in my humble...
Reframe the Shame
The other day, out of the blue, I heard myself say outloud, “You’re fifty years old. It’s ridiculous that you’re still struggling with these things from your childhood.” The last time I was about to attend a family function, my body was letting me know that despite...
Take Care of Yourself
Women are interesting creatures. We will pour out and pour out to others, we will give our hearts and our lives and our energy to a cause, to a problem, to our marriages, to our children, and we will do all of this sometimes to the detriment of ourselves. Yes, we are...
I Want to Be Healed. NOW.
Back when my first marriage was hanging by a thread, had someone said to me, We need you to agree to the following: eight adults will know every detail of your life and marriage; you will have to meet with two counselors, two mentors and a mediator weekly, along with...