Crisis turns up the heat on whatever is already occurring inside. What we have grows in crisis. This is why great marriages get stronger during the death of a child, whereas fractured marriages end. When things are going great in our life, we pay little attention to...
A large majority of my elementary school summers were spent at a nearby park. Every morning, my sister and I joined the neighborhood kids with our bagged lunches in hand, and walked to Fritse Park for a day of “supervised” play while our parents headed to...
Dream Police My favorite baseball cap says “dreamer” on it. I’ve considered changing my email signature from “life coach” to “dream catcher.” I LOVE helping people dream big. Yesterday, I met with a new client. She...
When God Takes Over Years ago, when I opened my private practice, I prayed over the name. I wanted it to point to Christ in an unobtrusive way while sharing the vision of helping women fully embrace who they were created to be. I brainstormed a list of names: She...
How Your Imagination Works For or Against You As I type this message, my calendar says that the first day of spring is just two weeks away. …And also, there are gigantic snowflakes falling outside my window. So please humor me while I share a few lines from my...
Finding Peace When You’re in the Storm I’m in a storm right now. Of all the troubling circumstances I’ve experienced in life, the ones that are sure to bring out a fight against reality involve my kids. I storm Heaven with my prayers, release...
