40-Day Journey to the New Year

3 Ways to Thrive Through Application

We’re completing one week of our 40-Day Journey to the New Year.  How are you feeling? Energized? Overwhelmed? Or somewhere in between? Photo by Matteo Vistocco on Unsplash It’s not easy to suddenly make a daily practice of reflection if that hasn’t been happening prior to now. Give yourself permission to do what you can.

5 Optional Tools for Developing Mental Awareness

I’m sure you know the value of physical exercise; there’s a billion dollar industry that we hear about daily. There is now a body of research supporting the value of mental exercise as well as the development of emotional intelligence. All three of these parts of self: Head-Heart-Body need to be exercised in a variety

What’s Your Inner Dialogue Like?

Several years ago sitting in my counselor’s office I was confronted with the self-talk I shared with her. She asked me who talks to me like that? I was embarrassed to be caught saying out loud such hurtful and demeaning statements and they were about me. There are no living humans who were speaking to

What Will Thriving Look Like For You?

Newsflash: Your life is NOT SUPPOSED TO look like Pinterest or Instagram or Facebook.  Your life assignment as a Christ-follower, should you choose to accept Him, is to walk in love and freedom in the abundant life offered you. To thrive. What is abundance? What is freedom? What does it look like to thrive? What

What’s in Your Toolbox?

When you’re preparing to go on a trip, do you have a packing list? When a contractor prepares to build a lot of planning goes into measuring, drawing, gathering needed materials. You’ve started this 40-day journey to the New Year with intention. So, what’s in your toolbox to help you thrive? Here are some questions

How Can You Grow Your Awareness?

Each day of this 40-day Journey you’ll need encouragement. Each day of your life you need encouragement actually. You might be already aware of the places you go for those encouraging feelings but why do we need them? Simple answer? We’re wired that way. Complex answer? Our brains need four specific neurotransmitters to keep us