If you’ve ever been told, “Love your neighbor as yourself” as part of a demonstration about being less selfish raise your hands. *thousands of hands go up* Yep. That’s what I thought. So before you tune out because your emotional baggage is screaming at you to run...
The cultural mantra “be happy” is everywhere. “What makes you happy? Do what makes you happy!” But I’d love to make a slight change to this. I would like to exchange word “happy” for “joy”. Happy is that warm, fuzzy, bubble gum feeling that we get from really...
Someone once described unforgiven hurts in my heart as festering sores oozing terrible things into the rest of me. This may have been a little intense for a 9-year-old, but it definitely stuck with me. I like thinking about emotional/mental wounds as actual...
Permission to do the things you’ve always wanted to do! Permission to get that promotion. Permission to lose 10 pounds. Permission to have fun with your kids even when other things needs to get done. Permission to become the best version of you. This means you...
There is no more utterly human assumption than, “I think this thing, therefore, it must be true.” Our minds are machines constantly giving us thoughts, but just because your mind thinks a thing does not make the thing true. Taking a minute between thought and action...
