Do you ever feel perplexed by comments you hear regarding how someone learns, feels or experiences God? Some people love to study, researching original languages and their varied meanings and nuances to learn more of God. Others talk about the experience of connection through music or art, while others go on a hike or work
Picture this: Photo by Brandless on Unsplash you’re stirring soup in a pot on the stove. The phone rings and you turn to answer it; your sleeve catches the handle of the pot and pulls it off the burner and onto the floor, splashing hot soup on you, the floor, everywhere in reach. What’s your reaction? Mine is
In my reflection post yesterday I spoke about mindset. It’s not something we see but it affects everything we say or do because mindset guides our thoughts. In 2006 Mindset by Carol Dweck was published. It is the seminal book on the subject, written after years of research at Stanford University. Her work continues to
When faced with change what is your first internal response? That’s too hard! I can’t do that! That will never work! I tried that before and it was miserable! That’s lame. No way am I doing that! I like things just the way they are. OR Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash Wow that’s interesting! I wonder if
Central. Sometimes I like to give the answer right up front. As if you didn’t already know this one. The human body cannot thrive without breathing. Photo by Tim Goedhart on Unsplash So why do we hear these sayings so often? I just need to catch my breath I feel like I’m drowning (absence of breath by the
Photo by Susan Holt Simpson on Unsplash If you were given only four letters with one word for each letter and were told to pick the one letter that describes you best, would you be able to do that? Would one word or letter be sufficient to describe you? Here are your letters: D – Driver I –
There are 28 days left in our 40-Day Journey to the New Year. We’ve talked so far about growing your awareness in three areas: head, heart and body. I’ve shared some invitations to dig a little deeper below the surface in any one of those areas. Perhaps an area has been poked a little too
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