Game Day Stress! Holding the ball when the game is on the line
How do you handle life’s most stressful moments? There are seconds left on the clock. The game is on the line. The ball is in your hands. Did that make you feel queasy? I’ve watched my son play nail biting water polo tournaments and close call football games. It’s those last few game-determining seconds that I almost […]
Am I Willing?
After losing her dad, her business, her livelihood she was exhausted. I sat across from my teary-eyed friend and listened knowingly to her anguished cries. For the last two years she had poured everything into moving forward, being strong, starting over, doing the next thing. Yet, the needle seemed stuck, determined to stay in the […]
5 Surefire Ways to Stay Stuck – Or Escape to Your Best Life
Stuck Happens. We can either choose to get comfortable and stay there or we can draw on the resources within us to escape to our best life! We’ve all been there. A funk of a day turns into an unproductive week, that segues into a flat month and regretfully continues to languish on from there. […]
Life’s Road Map – Mastering the Art of Reflect. Reset. Renew
Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. Without a map we are sure to end up overwhelmed. Let’s learn how to regain control and get back on track! It seems like eons ago, but there was a time when Todd and I would take off with excitement on a road trip and the most […]
Trading In Overwhelm for Balance – Life Lessons Learned on a BOSU Ball
Life is Messy! Is life balance even possible in the midst of our overwhelm? These are the life changing lessons I learned from the top of a BOSU ball. Balance is like a slick watermelon seed. Once you’ve grasped hold, it quickly pops out once again! Whether we recognize it or not, we all long […]
Who’s Holding Your Rope? Finding Friends That Hold the Line
When life gets tough who can you count on to help you hold the line? Learn 5 ways to find and build solid friendships for your most fulfilled life! Rounding the corner on fifty carried for me both an ache and a thrill. The kids had left the nest, I was starting to remember what […]
A Wardrobe to Die For – A Fresh Look at the Power of Redemption
How I finally understood the beautiful gift of redemption during a closet overhaul! I had the dreaded task this weekend of cleaning out my closet. It was time to sort through those pants worn past their prime, bag up those awkwardly fitting dresses, donate those still tagged ruffled blouses that were trending five years ago […]
Bridge the Gap – Get Intentional with Growth
Stretching with purpose across their own personal divide, a bridge offers up a fresh perspective from the other side. Bridges have always fascinated me. The taller and wider the bridge the bigger my questions become. How was it built? What massive hurdles had to be overcome? and of course the classic “MOM” question – Was […]
Who’s in Your Center? Experiencing Peace in the Midst of Life’s Storms
Do you continuously get knocked down by life’s storms? Restore peace and calm to your days by knowing who’s in your center. We’ve all experienced it in one form or another. The dreaded news that rips you out of a perfectly ordinary day with no apologies and slams you down in the middle of your […]
Life is Like a Crock Pot – 5 Ways to “Savor the Slow” in a Microwave World
We tossed our microwave. In our new chapter of “Empty Nest-hood” it seemed a symbolic, yet radical move. The past 20 years had been a whirlwind of activity, raising two kiddos, running our businesses, doing all the things a family in the twenty-first century seemed “required” to do. In 2017 when the dust of child […]