Why Every Struggle Comes Back to Relationships
I conducted recently and asked women to rank their needs in order of importance. The number one highest need among these women: spiritual, which basically means their relationship with God. The second highest need: emotional/mental, which pretty much means their...
10 Lessons from My First 100 Batches as a {Reluctant} Instacart Shopper
While many have found themselves sheltering-in-place during this coronavirus crisis, I have found myself venturing out into the world more than I ever did before (or want to, for that matter). My life was a sweet one, pre-virus. I worked from home, doing a job I...
To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before
When I was a little girl, I really struggled with finding even one friend who was true blue. For one thing, we moved a lot. I was also pigeon-toed which apparently made me a prime candidate for bullying. And, and this one is just weird, I would get myself into...
How Can I Help My Friend Who Is…
This post is for anyone who has a friend (or small group member or congregant or neighbor or family member) who is living in a difficult Christian marriage, or who is going through a divorce, or who is a single mom. You want to help her. You want to support her. But...
Do You Know How to Live a Life?
One of my clients said to me: I know how to live. I know how to do laundry and make dinner and get myself to work. But I don’t know how to live a life. After our session, I texted her. I told her I couldn’t stop thinking about what she said and that I had written this...
Heartbreak to Hope: Your Complete Guide to Divorce Healing group coaching/course available in May
If you are a separated or divorced woman, this course will walk you through the journey of grieving, processing, asking, letting go, healing and preparing to move forward, created by a woman who has been there. In Heartbreak to Hope, you will receive weekly readings,...
What are You Waiting for?
We are all waiting. We are globally anxious. We are socially distanced. We are sheltered in place. We are - in some very real ways - at a standstill. And everything feels...weird?...off?...scary?...unknown?...all of the above and more... I am in a hard and sad and...
Why is My Second Marriage Different Than My First?
My husband, Richard, and I did a live webcast a while ago, and one of the great questions we were asked was this: “What are you doing differently in this marriage to nurture your relationship?” So, here you go. Weekly Bible reading and devotional. This is one of the...
The One Thing I Didn’t Do the First Time Around that I Do Now that has Transformed Me as a Wife (and you can do it too)
I get asked all the time what is different about my second marriage that makes it work? And there are many answers for that. But today I'm going to focus on what I personally am doing differently. During my first marriage, I was controlling. I was a nag. I was...