Most parents have what they would consider a "difficult or challenging" child and another child or children who seem "easy" or we could say more "easy-going". But in reality, the child your brain tries to tell you is easier is just one who is less likely to challenge you, your authority, your wishes, and your [...]
Category: Peace
Life Should Be Something We CREATE!
Life shouldn’t be just something that happens TO you, but rather something you create with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives IN you! We all have the creative power we need on the inside of us because we ourselves were created in the image of God. We have His creative nature in our [...]
Don’t You Just LOVE a New Beginning?
Don't you just LOVE a new beginning? A fresh start? A new day, week, month, or year? We could so easily slide into the despair of "where did the summer go?" and "it's already August?!" Or we can choose to see all the summer we have left and be even more determined to soak it [...]
Middle-age Puberty? Is it a thing?
So, I turned 50 in July and I think turning 50 is my new fave! I know it may sound strange, but I've always loved getting older. It might have to do with being one of the younger ones in my large family and always wanting to be like the "big kids." Of course, I [...]
MOVE YOUR BODY!
My favorite pre-workout drink. Athletic Greens in my new favorite cup! I didn't always like working out. I'd much rather curl up with a book and a cup of tea But we know that moving our body is so good for us, not just physically, but emotionally, and mentally as well. There were many years [...]
Why We Need to Stop Parenting Our Adult Children
As humans, we are a being that requires nurturing and care throughout our lives. Obviously, when we are babies and children the care of all our needs is provided by a parent or parental figure in our lives. But as we mature, in the teen years, we begin the slow progression of learning to care [...]
It’s Time to Retell Your Story
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you're asked about a painful story in your past? A breakup, a loss, an abandonment, a betrayal? It's time to RETELL your story! We all have different stories in our lives that we have told over and over and over again. We’ve told the same story [...]
How Coaching Changed My Life!
When my husband confessed he had been thinking of divorce, the first thing that flashed before me was a memory of being a little girl, standing in my parent’s bedroom, while my Dad told me he was moving out and that he didn’t love my mom anymore. I honestly hadn’t thought of that day in [...]
What Are Your Summer Goals?
With my personal coach’s program we do cycles of 90-day goals…but more important than the goal are the thoughts I will need to be thinking to generate the feelings that will drive my action toward the goal I have. My current 90-day goal is To Create More Connection With My Husband! So, what that looks [...]
When Motherhood Doesn’t Look Like You Thought It Would
Has your husband ever come home to walk past your kids, while they are on the couch in front of the TV, to find you in your bed crying just so you could have a break and cry in private? Me, too! I get it. You're overwhelmed, and overstimulated, and tired, and one of your [...]
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