The Uninspired Mind You know that feeling when everything in your life is fine, but something still feels off? You know what you should be doing, but you just don’t feel like it. You’re not necessarily unhappy—you’re just not excited about anything. Maybe you’ve got a...
This week, I sat with a woman who was upset by a family member’s social media post that stated, “You don’t need to be perfect. I love & accept you as you are.” When I asked why she was bothered by this, she stated that the person who posted...
When it comes to leadership and getting things done, I’ve learned a lot from the wise Jethro. No, not from The Beverly Hillbillies. But Jethro, as in Moses’s father-in-law in the Old Testament. In Exodus 18, Moses was rewarded for leading the Israelites out of Egypt...
I’ve been intrigued by words since I was pretty young. (“Who decided that was a bad word?”) I wrote frequent letters to friends and family, had pen pals in French class, and have kept a journal since fifth grade. I choose words carefully and seek out clarification...
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...
This past week, my husband had a business meeting he was looking forward to. He’s an inventor. A visionary who sees a need and then figures out how to solve for it. So when he met with a group of engineers and directors at a large corporation to present his...
