What is it about failure we’re so afraid of? We are often afraid to try because we’re afraid we may fail. The truth is, we often learn more in failure than we ever learn in success. My prayer for this article is not to glorify failure, or to make light of it, but to...
What happens when our life stories don’t have a happy ending? We all love the story of the person who overcomes some great life challenge. You know the triumphant and heroic accounts shared of people, who crashed and burned, only to rise up and soar to new heights. We...
I recently logged into my website to post an article, and I was met with familiar notifications. Three plug-in updates, one theme to update, and a new version of WordPress to install. I’m pretty certain there’s a new update to run for every time I change my clothes!...
Have you ever heard of the Bayeux Tapestry? (Watch a short Youtube video about it HERE) It’s a 230 feet long medieval tapestry (that’s about the length of 3 swimming pools) depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The longest tapestry in the world, it now...
Meet Mandy Harvey! Every now and then a great story comes along, and this is one of them. Mandy Harvey wanted to be a singer her whole life – it was her life long dream. She was studying for that dream when her life made a major turn. At the young age of 18, she...
How that Negative Voice in Your Head Gets Louder: And How to Stop It Have you ever run into a Negative Nellie, someone you wish would just let up a little bit? Have you ever tried to cheer Nellie up, only to find that her constant negativity won’t budge? You might...
Some of happiest people I know seem to have one thing in common. They’re resilient! I marvel at these people who have an authenticity and transparency about them that reflects an openness and wiliness to take risks, despite losses and failures in their life. How do...
For years the argument has been over whether it’s our nature (what we’re born with) or our nurture (how we’re raised) that determines our level of resilience in life. This short video explains how the two work together to determine how well we bounce...
Have your ever stopped to think about what the story of your life will be, and who will write it? Francesca Battistelli wrote a song just about that very subject. Who are you letting write your story? Here’s the complete song…...
Our kitchen cabinets are filled with partial dishware sets. Where there once were sets of eight, I count only seven dinner plates, five drinking glasses, six soup bowls, and seven saucers. Why? Because we are human and have kids in our home. Bowls have been dropped on...
