What are you doing—that you don’t want to be doing—only because you think you should? Who told you you should do it? Is that really true? What will realistically happen if you choose love for yourself and for the precious opportunity of this life over this so-called “obligation”? What steps would be involved in offloading... Continue Reading →
POD: A new story of ease
As we move into the portion of this Challenge where we start getting seriously into activation mode, write about this: What about your future dream, destiny or the life work to which you feel called have you been telling a story of dread, difficulty, fear or doubt about? What is that story? Who have... Continue Reading →
POD: Whose “stuff” are you allowing to inhabit you?
Here’s your prompt. This Challenge will hold space for you to shed and prep and prime for a miraculous, expansive 2018. But here’s something to sit with (and write about), as we get started: What things that (a) belong to someone else and (b) no longer serve you are you allowing to inhabit: Your physical... Continue Reading →
POD: Lessons from a can’t-get-it-wrong life
What single person or being has been the greatest teacher of your entire life? Describe the lesson. What single experience has been the most impactful learning experience of your entire life? Describe the lesson. What was the most powerful lesson you learned this year? Write about why you so value it and how it has... Continue Reading →
United We Thrive, Divided We Fail
Tonight my pastor decided to do something different. Wednesday nights we have corporate prayer and usually anyone who feels lead to pray can get up and well, pray. Tonight he laid out some scriptures, on three pieces of paper at the pulpit. He wanted to help focus the prayer and give us some direction from... Continue Reading →
POD: Your 2017 Headlines That Aren’t Fit to Print
We must keep in mind that our brains alert to bad news 5 or 6 times as much as good. So the media outlets that want our attention often take the tactic of printing the bad to get as much mindshare as they can. That doesn’t mean that the bad news you see is the... Continue Reading →
POD: Paradoxes—Hiding and Holding On
Years ago, I read a book called Hiding from Love. I honestly don’t remember a ton about the book itself. But I do recall being fascinated by the paradox that we frequently, through our patterns and behaviors, hide from the very thing that we most want and most universally long for: love. For today’s prompt,... Continue Reading →
Viewpoint
I woke up this morning to a whole new world, literally and metaphorically. We spent the night in New Orleans, a place that has held my heart captive since I was a teenager and introduced to the writings of V.C. Andrews. I have always wanted to visit Louisiana and see those story book places come... Continue Reading →
Breathe Deeply
Breathe in. Release. Inhale. Hold it in. Pause. Exhale. Repeat. I often take breathing for granted. Yet so many struggle to breathe. I see them daily. Hooked up to ventilators Bipaps, c-paps, trilogies. Longing to just Breathe in deeply.
