connect the dots

What are You Noticing?

Photo by Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash It’s a new calendar year. The anticipation for new beginnings, resets, and recommitments that are associated with a new year feel different in 2021. At least in my part of the world. We are still in a raging global pandemic; despite new vaccines being rolled out, all those who are intended to

What is Your One Word for 2020?

June 2013 was a milestone month in our family. Our youngest son graduated from high school, preparing to attend college across the country. The nest was emptying; a familiar milestone, and for many parents a painful awareness of change. In our family not only was the nest emptied, we moved it to a new city.

G.E.T. Moving — into 2020

You’ve purchased your 2020 calendar. Maybe you have a new planner ready to fill with family and work obligations and due dates. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash You might be a journal keeper with a new blank book ready to start on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash This new decade you want to move forward with

What Do You Still Need to Thrive?

If you’ve been following this series The 40-Day Journey to the New Year, you know that there have been many opportunities to Grow your awareness of how you think, feel and act in various areas; to Equip yourself with various tools in order to Thrive in your work, life & faith. Even with all the

What’s the Point of All These Tools?

You’ve seen the overview of five tools in this blog series: Myers-Briggs Temperament Inventory; DiSC Profile; StrengthsFinders; the Enneagram of Personality; and Sacred Pathways. You’ve encountered the common uses and purposes of these five inventories in five different posts. I’m imagining you might be asking: what’s the point of all these tools? A valid question.

Why Did I Create the Hashtag #letgoleanin?

If this is your first time dropping in here, Welcome! Please allow me to set the stage for what you can expect. I work as a transformational coach whose focus is helping women connect the dots of work, life and faith in order to live an integrated, wholehearted life. You’ve dropped in near the end

2 More Ways to Deepen Faith

In my Transformational coaching practice we focus attention on three main steps in the acronym  G.E.T.: Grow-Equip-Thrive. Each step involves several strategies in the developmental process. What’s the point of this style of coaching? Transformational coaching helps you connect the dots of work, life and faith so you are able to live your life in

Are You Desiring More in Your Faith?

Sitting alone in my front garden, tears streaming, I spoke out a question from deep within, “Don’t you see how hard this is for me God? Don’t You care?” Photo by Ilkka Kärkkäinen on Unsplash This frustration, this anger I was expressing toward God would garner correction in many churches. I’ve heard those voices tell others “oh no,