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...
Advent: Are You Ready?
Advent. I love this word even though I was not raised in a tradition that observes it. A simple glance at the dictionary shows me why it resonates with me. n. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival A coming into. We head into the holiday season and into the...
Gratitude Challenge
We all know deep down that we are more blessed than we acknowledge, so I'm laying down a challenge to you, my sweet readers. Every night between now and the end of the year, let's commit to take at least five minutes to write down the following: -3 good things that...
How Is My Life Going, Really??
Sometimes we find ourselves stuck and we don’t know why. Sometimes we find ourselves just going through the motions and it never occurs to us to stop and self-assess. But the end of a year is the PERFECT time to ask ourselves a few questions and check in with...
Fall Blahs & Winter Blues
If you live in a region where there are four distinct seasons as I do, then you know what it feels like to look down the barrel of six months of grey, of cold, of rain, of snow, of blah. Some people are blessed with a love of all things Fall (daughter #1) and a...
Is It Time to Get Help?
When I was in seventh grade, I was imagining things. I was imagining that my mom was unsafe when I was at school, so I would pretend to be sick to stay home and take care of her. And when I was home alone, I would imagine that someone else was in our apartment with...
3 Practical Ways to Handle Worry
How much of our time and energy do we as women lose to worrying and anxiety? We’ve got huge things on our minds like how is our marriage really doing, am I a good enough mom, will my kids turn out okay, what if it’s cancer, should I change jobs, should I move, will I...
When You Feel Without Options, You’re Usually Not
When we find ourselves in a situation that is painful, frustrating, confusing, maddening or sad, we can either pretend it's not as bad as it is or we can keep doing what we're doing hoping something changes on its own. That is what most of us do, and it's...
Daily Manifesto
Several years ago, I went through a really rough six weeks that left me feeling full of shame, fear, anxiety and confusion. One of the ways God and I pulled myself together was reining in my thoughts by crafting my personal daily manifesto. It has evolved as things...