Coping Strategies for the Holidays

The Holiday Season is the pinnacle of the year, and this year is no exception. With the normal expectations already laid upon us, we have the added stress of trying to celebrate during a global pandemic. With depression, anxiety and frustration at an all-time high, I want to offer you a faith-based approach, using the…

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Imposter Syndrome

Watch while my good friend and fellow speaker/writer, Bethany Howard, talk about our biggest insecurity of feeling like big fake frauds – otherwise known as Imposter Syndrome. The show starts about 5 minutes in, feel free to scooch ahead.

Welcome

Welcome to the place you can be yourself. Where you can be stuck, in muck or without a buck. You can unapologetically worry or be weary. But we’re not going to leave you there.  You’ll be encouraged, enraptured and enlighted. You’ll find your people and your passion. You won’t be alone. I can promise you,…

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Authenticity Is Not Perfection

Maybe we’ve gotten it mixed up in our heads, the quest for Authenticity is a quest for perfection. Like if we are authentic that means we have to do all the things perfectly and be all the perfect things.    Authenticity is about being human and real and raw.   The road to Authenticity is…

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How Much Could Change If You Lived By This One Truth?

It’s the end of a long day.  You’ve expended your energy on grasping for straws of appreciation. You long to experience one ounce of being seen and known and deeply loved. You fall into bed empty and lonely. You’ve used up all your gifts for mere breadcrumbs that just don’t satisfy your hunger for more. …

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Lessons From Our Third Grade Bullies

When I was in 3rd grade, we had a playground bully. Her name was Marcia and she was MEAN. She picked on me something fierce. My first instinct was always to run away, as far and as fast as I could. To this day, I thank God for the extra adrenalin push that got my…

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Authenticity Over Approval is: Knowing Our Truth

Lately, I’ve been digging into the practice of knowing my truth; my wants, needs and desires. I’m frustrated that I keep getting stuck. Why do I find it so hard to put my finger on what I want and what I need? When someone asks me, I truly don’t have an answer. When I need to…

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Mastering Hard Conversations

Can we talk about the four Totinos pizzas, two packages of double stuffed Oreos and the one gallon jug of Blue Bell Double Fudge Mint ice cream currently residing in my kitchen? They are the blaring alarm horns that something isn’t right in my life. Instead of handling a difficult situation – especially one that…

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Home For The Holidays: How To Untangle From The Mess

  Have you stood at the doorway, staring hard at the happy little wreath, under the shadow of the glimmering Christmas lights, hearing the laughter and jingle bells from the other side and hesitated. Taking a moment to breath in the joy now because you know by the end of the festivities you will be…

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The Unrelenting Intimacy of Obedience

Have you ever had a time in your life where everything feels so hard?! I don’t mean seasons with storm and tragedy, I just mean everyday life is a tedious uphill battle. Last year, every area of my life was a struggle – like swimming upstream. I had no creativity in my writing, I struggled…

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Exposed

I’m right. I know I’m right and if everyone would just stop and listen to me they would hear how right I am. They would know how brilliantly I’ve laid it all out in my head. The hours I’ve spent mulling and laboring over my right-ness. Now I’m delivering my case, giving a passionate plea…

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