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8 Surprising Tips for Reducing Anxiety – With Your Thoughts
Anxiety impacts all of us. Even if you’ve never experienced clinical levels of anxiety yourself, chances are high that someone in your circle has. 1 in 4 Americans will experience anxiety at some point in their lives. When we have a problem (with anxiety or with...
How to Love Difficult People
Luke 6:32 says “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them.” For most of us, it’s easy to be loving and kind when people are kind to us. Loving difficult people, on the other hand, is much more...
When Life Feels Unfair, Read This
I recently listened to an episode of Cultivate a Good Life (an amazing podcast, by the way!) called Show Up! The guest, Natalie Norton, was sharing her story…and it was heartbreaking. Her beloved brother passed away and shortly afterward, she lost her infant son to...
Why We Need to Cancel “Cancel Culture”
The term “cancel culture” has been buzzing around quite a bit lately. So what is cancel culture? Is it even a real thing? Wikipedia defines this trend as “a form of public shaming in which targets are publicly humiliated on the internet, via social media platforms,...
Love Intentional Living? Why You Should Try Scrapbooking
I know a lot of people who are not interested in scrapbooking. Typically, they say they don’t have time, it’s too expensive, or they just don’t like it. Some people hesitate to cut up their photos, and others think traditional scrapbooking layouts look tacky or...
20 Inspiring Quotes About Embracing Uncertainty
I think we can all agree that we never would've guessed what the year 2020 had in store for us. We had never imagined that words like "quarantine", "social distancing", and "shelter in place" would become commonplace. No one anticipated that in March of 2020, there...
Untangling White Privilege – What is It?
I will admit that I used to be resistant to the idea of white privilege. I thought that the concept of privilege somehow implied that I should feel guilty for being born white – something I obviously had no control over. I remember thinking…how can rich black kids be...
How to Be Anti-Racist
The murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by a white police officer has sparked protests and riots in Minneapolis, across the country, and even around the globe. While I am deeply saddened by Floyd’s tragic death, I am glad that we are finally having...
Ask More Questions; Make Fewer Assumptions
This is not a blog about politics. I have never shared a political post on here before, but this topic is too important to ignore. On May 25, 2020, a black man named George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s...
How to Stop Worrying About Your Health
Did you know that (an estimated) 92% of the things we worry about are pointless? One researcher found that only 8% of our worries are legitimate concerns. The rest are composed of: 40% - things that never actually happen 30% - things that have already happened and...
How to Stop Worrying About Money and Start Living
We're in the midst of a pandemic right now, so it's not surprising that many of us are worrying about money. COVID-19 has temporarily shut down businesses across the country and around the globe. Many Americans have been laid off, furloughed, or had their working...
How to Manage OCD During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As I write this, it's April of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has everyone stockpiling hand sanitizer, hoarding toilet paper, checking the news constantly, and washing their hands more than ever before. But where do we draw the line between reasonable precaution and...