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...
Getting through the Holidays
Are you in a hard marriage? Are you separated? Are you divorced? Are you a single mom? Are you dreading holiday gatherings? Are you dreading not having plans on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve? Are you dreading not being able to do your years’-long...
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. Some of you may be weary these days, not wanting another list of things to do, but some of you might be up for the task. So this year, I'm...
Relational Peace
I dreamt that I ran into Beth Moore and she suggested we have a slumber party. Obviously. And as we were lounging around in our pink matching jammies (because why not?), she asked me, “If you could have anything in the world right now, what would it be?” My automatic,...
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 (one of my daughters) and...
We Each Have a Gift…What Is Yours?
First, we must come to the place of believing that if we truly believe we are made in the image of God, that means that we are made in the image of Creator God...which means we are creative, we are creators. Even if you don’t think you are, you were made to add...
Detaching with Love
Books have been written about detaching with love. I cannot possibly begin to cover it in one teeny tiny blog post, and yet, it’s an important enough topic that I thought I'd give it a shot. Detaching with love is the goal in any dysfunctional relationship. (Actually,...
Reframing Failure
I ran for class vice president four years in a row in high school. I never once won. Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results is one definition of insanity. So, was I insane to gather those signatures and make those posters and put my precious...
Hope for the Hopeless
A few years ago, I found out that a former member of one of my private Facebook groups - who left because she wasn’t feeling as supported as she felt she needed - took her life, leaving behind two children, family, friends. I’m not sure what to do with that. I am...