Before the ball drops…

I hope you've made space this week to rest, connect, and reflect before the ball drops and it's a new year. If not, there's still time to look back and look within before you jump to create goals for 2024. Don't miss this opportunity!! Our 2023 Year in Review is a...

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Hold Out Hope

Christmas is coming. There's so much that this holiday means to me, but at its heart – Christmas is hope. I don't know if I'm more attentive to loss and pain this time of year or if there's more of it than normal, but I'm acutely aware of the grief within me and so...

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It’s not an accident

Sometimes I hate that we're all about wholeness. 😏 Somedays I wish I was building a company centered on how to have better oral hygiene or making earth friendly light bulbs. Maybe I should go back to my childhood dream of owning a hair salon called “If Looks Could...

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Dare to look beyond the difficult

I've noticed something interesting that we tend to do when facing disappointment, discontent, and discouragement. We tend to have “all or nothing” thinking. Have you caught yourself saying any of these: "This year has been really tough." “This has been the worst year...

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The Best Is Yet to Come

There was an old hymn I learned as a child, sitting in the hard pews of that lil' ol' church. You may also remember the chorus crescendoing – strength for today, bright hope for tomorrow (“Great is Thy Faithfulness”). You can be grateful for a future you can not yet...

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You Are Here

There's a lot I could worry about now. Fear is readily accessible. I definitely have some regrets I could focus on. I have some insecurities about the days ahead. You too? And yet here we are. Alive. Breathing. Held…even with our worries, fears, regrets, and...

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Look How Far You’ve Come

Which phrase most accurately reflects how you view the past? 💭 Forget the past. 💭 The past has something to teach me. 💭 I can't stop thinking about the past. How you view the past has a lot to do with how you participate in the present and look toward the future. The...

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How to Live in the Tension of Joy and Pain

You feel this reality, right? A mentor told me this years ago and it's resounding in my soul these days. Global tragedies and personal struggles are mixed up with raucous celebration and profound gratitude. Life and death are intertwined. The holidays seem to put a...

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10 Simple Shifts for Your Life + Leadership

If you've had a difficult time STARTING or STOPPING habits or practices this month, you're not alone. Accountability and support are often needed to change behaviors and experience ongoing transformation. SHIFTING habits may be the easiest of the three options. Why?...

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10 Things to Stop this Autumn 🍂

If you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted, or stretched in your life and leadership, this may be your favorite email in this series! One of the tragic mistakes I see in our work is for every "yes" there needs to be a conscious, corresponding “no.” Otherwise,...

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