Please Stop Dehumanizing People
On April 11th, 2021, ex-police officer Kim Potter fatally shot a 20 year old black man named Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, MN. Body cam footage shows her yelling “taser” multiple times before she shot Wright. She is later heard swearing when...
How to Do The One Little Word Project
“A single word can be a powerful thing.” – Ali Edwards Ali a designer, blogger, and creator of many popular scrapbooking projects, including One Little Word (OLW). What is One Little Word? Interested in participating in the OLW project? The first step is to choose a...
Comparisonitis – The Real Reason Why You’re Jealous and How to Stop Comparing
There are numerous Bible verses that instruct us not to be jealous. Proverbs 14:30 says this: “A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh, but envy the rottenness of the bones.” Yikes! This is just one of many examples that can be found throughout the Bible....
Feeling Overwhelmed? How to be Calm in the Middle of Chaos
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, many of us were feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed much of the time. As a Type A person, I often feel like there’s never enough time to get everything done. My mind is like a reel of never-ending to-do lists. With this...
6 Amazing Christian Podcasts That are Self-Care for Your Soul
In the middle of a busy day, I love to take a break and listen to a podcast while I go for a walk. This is something that I look forward to each and every day. My favorite Christian podcasts feel like self-care for my soul. The amazing podcast hosts teach me about...
What The Weirdest Year Ever Taught Me
I think we can all agree that 2020 has been pretty much the weirdest year ever. We’ve all been impacted by the global pandemic, political divisiveness, and social unrest. On top of that, we’re all dealing with personal challenges as well. For me, 2020 brought some...
What Ambiguous Loss Is – And Why It Matters
Ambiguous loss, a term coined by psychologist Pauline Boss, is a loss that occurs without closure or clear understanding. This complicates the grieving process and often results in unresolved or “frozen” grief. There are two types of ambiguous loss: Physical absence...
9 Practical Ways to Be a Little Happier Every Day
Who doesn’t want to be happier? While some people are blessed with the natural ability to be happy most of the time, this is not the case for most of us. The average person has 60,000 thoughts in a day and 80% of those thoughts are negative. The good news is that...
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 Live the Story You Want to Tell
“Live the story you want to tell”. I recently heard this Becky Higgins say this on the Cultivate a Good Life podcast (which I highly recommend) and I LOVE this quote! Most of us don’t live intentionally. Instead, we live in default mode and we don’t pay that much...