Christmas Podcast Episode #2

You could take up a collection, sew 1000 quilts, start a company, fund a charity, open a shelter, give away your savings, or a million and one other good things in an effort to make a difference. But what about the sleepy child that just asked you for a story? Or the...

Part of the smoke and mirrors of this culture is the belief that you have to do something visible and big in order to count. That is not true. Consider this: think of someone who was a major player in your life. Someone who made you feel important and heard, someone...

Your presence is helping to regulate your children's emotions. And ladies, let us remember that our prisons and correctional facilities and detention centers are full of unregulated emotions and addictions born at least in part by broken connections! C'mon! Let's wake...

You are amazing. Anyone who has the grit to take on parenting and then who sticks with the demands and learning curve of family life is a hero as far as I'm concerned. How was your day today? Is everyone well or are you struggling with illness? Do you have some major...

It’s kind of mind boggling isn’t it, that we are the thinkers of our thoughts? That “we” are separate from our thoughts, and that we can actually choose what to think!? So a simple reminder: if you’re feeling down on yourself or on a situation or a relationship, you...

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"There is energy in light," {I heard my husband say as he was giving our grandson a little physics lesson about the sun today...} Which made me stop and think. We get more energy as we are closer to seeing things as they really are; as we feed ourselves the positive...

We've had our grandkids staying with us this week and they are good little eaters! (Today I got a cheer for a pumpkin smoothie!) Which means a lot of peeling, juicing, slicing, washing and blending. It is amazing to me how little people are attuned to good, whole food...

"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different..." C.S. Lewis Just don't you quit. And while you're in the struggling and striving part, keep a bit of a journal-- {even recording a few thoughts will make a big...

"Our society constantly sends us contradictory messages.  We want to eradicate mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and violence in children and young adults but don't really want to look too deeply at the root of the problem.  We say we value family, but we...