Plot Twist: I Like Being Stressed
Plot Twist: I Like Being Stressed Let’s talk about STRESS ADDICTION. (If you want to stop reading now, we’ve already identified the problem🫣.) The new year came with great expectations — and also INSANE to-do lists. Not just making a call or sending an email. My lists were more like: That was one of six things with tight deadlines […]
Why I’m Not Rushing Into the New Year
Why I’m Not Rushing Into the New Year I have a love/hate relationship with the New Year. On one side, I feel annoyed at the bombardment of all the things I should be doing, goals I should be setting, the person I should be becoming — and a glaring sense of “you sucked last year, try again.” My year never seems […]
If You Want More…NOW is the Time!
If You Want More…NOW is the Time! As I am looking in the mirror these days, I see lots of changes. Wrinkles where I used to have smooth skin, new bumps, things hangin’ down a little lower… hair getting wirey and gray (witch-like), my chin is getting another chin, plus a beard. 😂 It is so crazy that just […]
Before You Blow Up Your Life, Take a Nap
Before You Blow Up Your Life, Take a Nap ⸻ When Sadness Isn’t the End of the World I was recently visiting my sister in Montana. She has an 11-year-old daughter, and you know what that means—the hormone rollercoaster is just pulling up to the station. One day, my niece called her mom and said, […]
When the Shortcut Costs You
When the Shortcut Costs You I was headed home from a quick trip to Phoenix—just a casual Yuma-to-Phoenix-and-back kinda day. I make the drive often enough that I’ve basically earned a PhD in avoiding Phoenix rush hour. I know the times. I know the tricks. I know the pain. But not today, Satan. A late doctor […]
“Be Happy—It’s Up to You”
Be Happy—It’s Up to You Do you ever catch yourself thinking that if you can just get to the future… life will be good? When my husband is [blank] or my children are [blank], or when I lose 30 pounds, or when I’m finally brave enough to finish my degree, or when I start my ministry, or when my mother […]
FROM COMFORT TO CALLING: Embrace Discomfort to Fulfill Your Purpose
FROM COMFORT TO CALLING: Embrace Discomfort to Fulfill Your Purpose Why do you behave that way? Why are you so defensive? Why can’t you just believe that I love you? What is wrong with you that you won’t LET me love you? Why do you think the worst? These are all questions I was faced with in my marriage. I […]
Taking Charge: Living Beyond Hormonal Chaos
Taking Charge: Living Beyond Hormonal Chaos I recently saw this hilarious video of a woman seething through her teeth, ranting about how her husband had suggested that “he thinks she might be starting her period soon.” She snarls, “HOW FREAKIN’ DARE HE!! HE’S GOT NO IDEA WHEN MY PERIOD IS COMING!!” By the end, she […]
Are You Resisting the Blessings of God?
Are You Resisting the Blessings of God? We had an incredible opportunity given to us recently that, had it been five years ago, I would not have been able to receive or enjoy. I wanted to write about it because I realized how easy it is to sabotage God’s blessings in our lives, material, relational, […]
Stop Allowing Fears To STOP YOU.
Stop Allowing Fears to STOP YOU. Fifteen years ago, I sat on the edge of a small boat in the Philippines, tears streaming down my face, paralyzed with fear, as I was being told to get into the ocean so I could begin the snorkeling experience I had paid for. We weren’t exactly snorkeling; instead, […]