We all know what it feels like to have the wind sucked out of us when disappointment takes over. It’s an awful feeling. I used to experience it much more often, until I learned a valuable lesson: Setting expectations only leads to unnecessary disappointment. In 2009, tears streamed down my cheeks the whole way home […]
Every December do you start thinking about the next year? I do. I am a lover of all things goals, vision boards and planning. This is prime time for me to start thinking about what I want from my life in the coming year. After a decade of setting goals and making vision boards, I […]
This is a difficult week for many people, so I want to speak to those challenges. I’ve heard many discuss pains such as: Choosing not to gather in person for Thanksgiving because of the pandemic Grieving the loss of a loved one who will not be present this year Fear of having a political conversation […]
Since Saturday I have heard many calls to unite our country, however, I have not heard anyone tell us HOW to heal from what we have witnessed over the last several years, and especially 2020. The best I can offer you is to share my personal story in hopes it may show someone else their […]
As I drove through the late-autumn mountains this weekend, all I could think about when I saw those leaves fall were the moments when I lost my foliage. When I personally went from abundance to barren. When I felt life stripping me of my identity. Can you resonate? Have you ever felt like those trees […]
I sat with my phone in hand, staring at the text message app with tears streaming down my face. My son was due in a couple of weeks, and all I needed to do was ask a friend to accompany me to a doctor’s appointment. I was scared to go alone, and I couldn’t type […]
Yesterday at church I was talking to my priest and mentioned that I’ve been coming as much as I can, but I’m juggling a lot right now. It was obvious she could hear the guilt in my undertone, and she quickly reminded me that the world doesn’t revolve around how we spend our Sunday mornings, […]
We are two weeks into our 12 week course Create Peace, and I’m seeing a reoccurring pattern that is extremely common with the women I coach. I find myself encouraging them to lower the standards. This doesn’t seem like what you would expect from a coaching conversation and yet it happens constantly. What I have […]
In private conversations with mothers, I’ve heard the exact same story over and over again. A new mother wondering what happened with her closest friendships. It’s a painful story I resonate with in deep parts of my soul, but also one I’ve finally come to a peaceful place with and feel healed enough to […]
Dear World, I give up. I give up trying to please you. You are absolutely impossible. You are full of contradictions and hypocrisies. I refuse to let you get under my skin anymore. I refuse to be yelled at anymore for following my convictions. I refuse to be belittled because I made a choice different […]