Do you know when to quit? Perseverance and finishing strong are important character traits. But there is another positive trait found ...
Why You Need a Personal Advisory Board
Is there a big dream you want to pursue? Do you want to make a big change? Need to walk through some pain from your past? How do you identify toxic people in your life and set healthy boundaries? These questions may seem completely unrelated and for the most part, they are! But one thing …
The Real Cure For Too Busy
Three different people this week have told me some version of I'm so busy I can't get even get organized enough to see if I have time to do something. Now that's pretty busy! I know. I've been there and still visit pretty often. But here's the thing. I create my schedule and you create …
Living Without Regrets
More insight from last week's book review of The One Thing. It might just be the single biggest obstacle each of us faces when we try to pursue our most-wanted goals and desires in life. REGRET. See if this resonates with you. You start to feel the tiniest sense of satisfaction or contentment, and BOOM! …
Afraid To Believe
Afraid to Believe I snuck around for years with my secret longings. No, it wasn't anything weird or perverted. My longing was to transition into work I love, to make a living doing something that fits how I am wired and allows me to be who God created me to be. For years I consumed …
Why you’re not living your dreams
Too many people are not living their dreams because they are living their fears. Can you relate? I know I can. What I can't figure out is why? Why do we let our fears determine our fate? To get to the bottom of it, we first have to understand the source(s) of our fear. Here …
Is Fear Stopping You?
Did you know that fear mostly exists in our mind? It's true. Most of the calamities and crises we are afraid of don't come to pass. Fear itself stems from our allowing our thoughts to run wild and rehearse a hundred different ways something can go wrong. It steals our joy and our sleep. We …
The Hardest Crowd To Please
The hardest crowd to please or succeed in is the one you’re closest to, normally your family, the people you live with or spend the most time with. These are the ones who see the worst moods, frustrations, and outbursts. Sometimes they even remind you of your shortcomings long after the fact. “You’re never happy. You're …
Why I Do Things That Scare Me
The following lines stopped me in my tracks. Am I reading this right? I should put myself in the middle of miracle by taking a risk. Not a stupid or dangerous risk, rather put myself out there and commit to trying something that scares me a little (or a lot). Something I KNOW will stretch …
Conquering Fear – Part 2
Let's switch gears and talk about pushing through the fear. Why are people always saying things like "Do it afraid" or "Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway?" There are thousands of quotes about facing your fear. Did you ever stop and think about that? I am follower of Jesus and I believe …