As I’m writing this, I’m looking at toys strewn across my living room floor as well as a laundry basket overflowing with clean clothes. This mess … can wait. (And for that matter, whatever else might be vying for my attention… can wait.) Those things—while in some moments, take priority— in this moment, they don’t….
Tag: motivation
Discover Your Safe Haven
If you could imagine a safe haven space, what would it be like? What would you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch? How would you feel in this place? When I imagine a safe haven spot for me, nature images like these are probably the first that come to mind: Whatever your spot… is your…
The Power of Buying a Farm! Or at least Getting Out and Imagining:)
An eerie layer of smoke has been hugging LA for awhile now. The other weekend was particularly tricky, difficult, and sad, for me at least. On a whim, my husband, baby, and I decided to jump in the car and drive to Ventura County…. to look at farms to buy! For fun. We had watched…
Integrate Racial Justice as part of Life Rhythm
My dear friend, Teesha, co-wrote a book with her friend, John, called Black & White: Disrupting Racism One Friendship at a Time. Teesha is a black woman and John is a white man. They are friends, both pastors– and met at the church they were working at in Atlanta, GA. The book that they wrote…
Practice being healthfully proud of yourself
I have the tendency to sometimes brush off the hard things I’ve done– and rather instead, to focus on what I haven’t been able to do or what I feel like I’m not able to do. Anyone with me? In her podcast Checking In, Susan David (PhD) posits that sometimes to make a situation more…
my testimony sermon
Take a listen here for some hope and inspiration in the midst of these times: Highlights: I name that I struggle with why God allows suffering– and why He saves some from awful, horrible situations and not others. I warp through my 5 year physical healing (8 year emotional healing) journey of recovery from traumatic…
Ways to boost energy
What energizes you? Three things that energize me are: blogging trying to encourage and inspire others, and being silly Right now, I am smiling because I’m looking at a photo of my little family, on a walk this past weekend. We did everything possible to try to ensure our baby girl didn’t get sunburned and…