Do you celebrate your life exactly where it is at? It is similar to accepting your life or being grateful for your life - but not quite. To celebrate is to observe an occasion with an appropriate ceremony or festivity. It means to honor or applaud. More than likely...
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The Best Part Of Life
I was listening to a podcast interview with Glennon Doyle as the guest. She talked about a concept called “sistering,” being the best part of life. I loved the metaphor she described and wanted to share it with you. Here’s what she said - “Carpenters know that the...
What If It Isn’t Yours?
Did you know that trauma can be passed down from generation to generation? It is referred to as generational trauma. It is basically another term that allows you to place blame on family members for all of your “problems.” JUST KIDDING. Really, I am. Although, I know...
Teflon or Velcro?
Have you heard of the term “negativity bias?” Rick Hanson, a psychologist, coined the term to describe how our brains are more likely to hold onto negative experiences versus positive ones. He says that when we experience something negative in our lives it sticks to...
Progress, NOT Perfection
Perfectionism is something that has been on my mind. When we are focused on things being “perfect,” it can be the death of joy, progress, and/or forward movement. It is something I have been trying to find the “perfect” way to describe. Ha! There it is again. What are...
A year of firsts
Recently I celebrated my birthday. My first COVID birthday, that is. It was also my first birthday after losing my dad. It was strange. I have always enjoyed celebrating my birthday. Not in a big, I need to throw a party way. For me, it is the phone call, the text...
What’s trauma got to do with it?
Here is a podcast where we chat about the definition of trauma, the importance of acknowledging and accepting that we have all experienced trauma in our lives - especially now with the worldwide pandemic. We dig into how trauma can block us from moving forward in our...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes 🎶
I don’t know about you, but things have definitely been shifting and changing for me. I am not sure I was ready for them at first, but I am embracing them now. Let’s face it no one has been able to avoid the changes going on in our world. Every time you turn on...
what are your thoughts?
Have you ever typed out your answer to the question, “What does your spiritual life mean to you?” Recently someone asked me to do this. I thought it was a great exercise and wanted to share my answer with you. If you have not thought about this recently, I encourage...
Don’t you love it when a plan comes together#$@!?
Last time I talked about preparing for the loss of a parent. You can read that email here. This time I want to talk about preparing yourself for family dynamics. I don’t know about you but this can be a difficult topic for me. Now throw in an ill parent...
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More Sugar Please
What is your relationship to sugar? My relationship is good, for the most part - now, but in the past, it was more of a love-hate thing. I loved eating sugar, especially chewy candy - Swedish fish, Mike & Ikes, Twizzlers, and cinnamon bears. Then I would hate...
They Finally Talked To Me!
After over 2 years - they finally talked to me! This is a person I spoke about in a previous post “What if they won’t talk to you?” It just so happened that I was visiting the state where this person lives. It's been a while since I've tried to reach out, so I debated...
Permission To Forgive?
If you do - here it is. I give you permission to forgive yourself. That is what I wanted to say to a friend I was talking with the other day. She was sharing with me how upset she was with herself for how she reacted to dealing with infertility and for having a...
Sad For No Reason . . .
Do you ever get sad, for what seems like no reason? I do. It happened to me recently. I felt sad and was not sure why. It just so happened that my husband left to go out of town right when I was feeling this way. At first, I thought it was bad timing because that...