You Are Needed!!!
I was reading a newspaper article today about drug addiction. The writer was highlighting a young mother who was getting her life back together after spending most of her 20's with a serious drug addiction that started after a painful surgery. He describes the place...
Gather Yourself
What things make up your life? What tasks do you have to do each day, each week, each month? Step 1 of time-blocking is just making a list! Simply, meaning don't over think it, dump on paper everything you can think of that requires your attention. Sometimes it is...
Reality
When I sense grounding hope swelling, rising, flowing into spirit-quenching, soul-feeding, compelling, propelling motion; and When I am still and know, my plans are human, but His, vast and grand as star strewn heavens, are those I will follow. When I cast off...
It’s Theory
I remember taking music theory in college and hearing something to the effect that you need to learn the rules before you can break them. I thought of that today as we discussed "time-blocking" in seminar! So many great observations were made and lessons learned from...
Speed of Life
Do you ever feel like you don't have enough time to live? Ha! I know that sounds funny, but I was just having a conversation with myself about living at the speed of life, meaning, getting my mind to slow down so that I can take a minute to look through a cookbook or...
Tension Anyone?
Today I tried a new remedy for a tension headache. I've used it before for colds but I've never thought of it just for headaches. I'm happy to report that along with being simple and taking a mere 2-3 minutes to make, it actually makes a big difference! Here's the...
Kind, Gentle, Respectful, Firm
Part of self-care is taking care of yourself with other people. Sometimes a gut-wrenching experience....for me, maybe it's not for you. When you are honest with yourself, do you see that you being treated poorly on a regular basis? Maybe not being treated with the...
Technical Difficulties!
Oh my, I'm typing this on my phone because our computer is having technical difficulties and I can't access the post I wrote yesterday to share with you... But it's kind of ironic, because yesterday I wrote about the ways our brains go downhill when we let them, and I...
Do You Remember?
Do you remember what it was about you that your spouse first loved? Do you remember what you first loved about him? It might be fun (and instructive and maybe necessary) to have a conversation about your perspectives and bring to mind the ways you can brush up on the...
Confidence Attracts!
Do you think that title has truth in it? What does a confident person look like? Often, it is easier if we think of things from another perspective. Such as; think about the times that you are most attracted to your spouse. Is it when they may be feeling down on...