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Everything Belongs: Best practices for when life sucks (over and over)

September 25, 2020

Everything Belongs: Image of a theater marquis saying: The World Is Temporarily Closed

Upon occasion, when a string of life sucks circumstances has happened one after another to me and/or my loved ones, I’ve referred to that period of time as a “Job Season.” I think most people would agree: This entire year (2020) has been a “Job Season.” Just when we think things might be looking up, […]

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Filed Under: Life, Personal Development Tagged: 2020, aging parents, Being Mortal, faith, life sucks, losing a parent, pandemic, publishing a book, sexual abuse, suffering, trials, when life is difficult

10 Tips for Living a Whole-Hearted Life (As taught by Brene Brown when she was my co-pilot)

January 25, 2019

whole-hearted: image of a painted heart in a frame

At the end of last year as I drove over the river and through the woods to visit my grown daughter,  Brene Brown taught me how to live a whole-hearted life.  Because my friend Karen Haring—founder and executive director of Libera, Inc.—recommended more than once that I listen to Brown’s 6-cd audio recording of her […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Faith Tagged: aging parents, Brene Brown, creativity, dodgeball, faith, gratitude, guilt, joy, mother wound, play, power of vulnerability, rest, rughooking, shame, whole-hearted life

Learning How to Age from Visits to an Old Lady

May 27, 2018

Learning How to Age Faith Matters Post: image of elderly woman's hands with Bible.

Mrs. Burdette, the lady who had been old since I was a little girl, was a bit like a grandmother. We met her at our church where she “adopted” us. She had no grandchildren and only two grown children—a son who visited infrequently and a daughter with Downs Syndrome who lived in a group home. […]

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Filed Under: Faith, Friendships Tagged: aging, faith, kindness, visitng the elderly

The Benefits of Journaling with F-Words

May 12, 2017

(Not THAT F-word, silly rabbit, different ones!) (Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Any pennies earned will  go towards college educations, weddings, and writing expenses!) Have you noticed journaling is super-duper having a moment right now? I’m not surprised. For me, journaling yields a ton of benefits. Self-awareness, better health, improved finances, and increased […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Life, Physical Health, Whatever Strikes My Fancy Tagged: Ann Voskamp, benefits of gratitude, blessings, budgeting, Dave Ramsey, diet, dieting, faith, finances, Financial Peace, food diary, gratitude, how to journal, how to keep a food journal, journaling, money management, weight loss, why keep a spending diary

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