Category: Emotional
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Something ahead on the horizon…
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I need things on the horizon and not on the back burner. Goals and dreams and things to look forward to in the near and far future. Anyone else like this? I love having a vacation or even an overnight getaway scheduled about 6 months in advance. When I get…
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Why don’t we share….do we care?
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Why do we as women keep information to ourselves? There are so many empty words that we use for negative purposes, but we don’t share what would be helpful to other women. I found out rather suddenly last March that I had a softball-size uterine fibroid and that my uterus…
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What is a “good mom”?
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Don’t be afraid to feel all the feels that Mother’s Day brings up for you! (this picture is from 2009) Our children’s childhood goes by so fast. It feels like forever when you are in the trenches, but all of a sudden you look up and they have gone from…
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The three “C’s”
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Consume – Create – Contribute These three words have been working their way around my brain over the past year. You can ask the parents at our home-school coop, we talked about this last fall. I don’t care for the thought of being a “good” human. Without the Holy Spirit,…
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How big is your “WHY”?
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Your “WHY” has to be bigger than the discomfort you experience to achieve your “WHY”! That felt really profound to me. Your desire for good health has to be bigger than your desire to take it easy. Your desire to be fit has to be bigger than your desire to…
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Creativity versus Anxiety
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I have heard recently about a connection between creativity and anxiety. Anxiety seems to stifle creativity and creativity can help dampen anxiety. It feels like a chicken/egg situation. I have spent the last few months trying to notice how this plays out for me. I am a logical problem-solving person…
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Creating opportunity for connection…
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Creating an opportunity for connection could include being transparent and authentic in what we post on social media. There can be too much disconnection, both physically and emotionally, in today’s online world. But what if we used this for good? There is a great opportunity to connect with people and…