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Three Keys to Revival
I called it Lazarus. The lone plant in my windowless office, its green leaves drooped more with each passing day. Plucking the sad greenery from my bookshelf, I located an unused cubicle flooded with sunlight. Exposed to the element it needed to flourish, Lazarus...
The Three Laws of Pain and Discovering Hope
I lay in the shared room, my teeth clicking uncontrollably as waves of pain radiated throughout my postpartum body . The anesthesia wore off as quickly as it was injected and now, with my son safely swaddled and tucked in the neonatal unit, I begged for relief. The...
Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 4-Resting in Christ)
Less than six puts you at risk. At risk for disease and diminished returns at work, home and play. At risk for depression, hypertension and inattention. At risk for a long list of unsavory outcomes and issues. They are the one in three. Are you? Am I? Have we joined...
Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World-3 Habits that Eliminate Worry (Day 3)
I am a worrier. In fact, worry consumes more of my time than it should and traipses after me day and night. When my loved ones travel cross country? I fret. Will a careless driver hit the car somewhere between Colorado and California? When I drop my children at school...
Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 2)
Our lives may be off-balance, out of balance or even hang in the balance. We may be overworked, overwrought, and overcommited. Still we slide into the pew on Sunday, paste on our best imitation-of-an-I've-got-it-together-grin and pretend everything about our lives is...
5 Tips to Being Battle Ready (Guest Author-Kelly Balarie)
Hello friends, I'm thrilled to introduce you to my new friend Kelly Balarie, author of Battle Ready-Train Your Mind to Conquer Challenges, Defeat Doubt, and Live Victoriously. If you're looking for a great summer read that is both thought-provoking and...
Living a Balanced Life in an Unbalanced World (Day 1)
As a little girl, I was enthralled by tight rope walkers. The thrum, thrum, thrum in my ears nearly matched the staccato of the drum roll as the circus performer scampered with seeming ease from one end of the wire other to the other. There, a woman climbed upon the...
