Are you struggling with being distracted? I know I often struggle with not being truly present in the moment. The reason this is so important is that ALL of your personal power lies in the present moment. When we live too much in the past, we’re living in regret, maybe even in victim land, and […]| life{in}grace
When I was growing up, I grew up around really miserable, slightly mean sounding Appalachians. The way I heard people talk, especially when I was really young, was very negative. Even if they didn’t actually feel that negative about the thing they were saying, it just sounded to me like they were always mad. The […]| life{in}grace
I spent a lot of my life feeling heavy emotions all the time. I assumed that was just how it is. If you grow up in a certain environment or you struggle with feeling down or heavy, sometimes you just assume this is how it’s always going to be. You feel like you don’t have […]| life{in}grace
We think we need really big, major things to happen in order for our lives to be better. One of these days, when I get to this level in my life. When I finally get that house. When I finally married that guy. When I finally have those kids. When I finally get that job. […]| life{in}grace
Stevie took me to out west for my birthday this year, and we went hiking in Zion National Park. It’s an amazing place. You totally should go. We have been in the process of adopting Thomas, our little eight-year-old Tom Sawyer, and just the day-to-day of it can sometimes feel overwhelming. He’s dealing with a […]| life{in}grace
The reason I feel so qualified to talk about this is because I feel like I’ve earned a doctorate in living in my past. I have spent most of my life living in my past because I thought I had to. I didn’t know there was an alternative. I didn’t know that if you had […]| life{in}grace
I am a lifelong, somewhat recovering people pleaser. So, mostly today I’m talking to myself, but I have done a lot of work on my people pleasing. Most of us who are people pleasers, wear it’s somewhat like a badge of honor. I want to show you some simple ways that you can understand if […]| life{in}grace
The more I learn, the more I read, and the more that I challenge myself to actually do hard things, the more I realize the amazing benefit and meaning that we get from choosing things that are hard or challenging. Life is hard anyway. It’s going to be hard either way so choose your hard. […]| life{in}grace
Your first thought may be that showing up for yourself is selfish. I’m going to prove to you that it’s not selfish. In fact, showing up for yourself is the way we take good care of ourselves so we can take good care of other people. We are in a season where maybe you just […]| life{in}grace
Is there someone you always let get under your skin, or you always get your feelings hurt when you’re around them? It could be your spouse, or your mother-in-law. It could even be Karen on Facebook, or some guy at church who always talks about politics. What about one of your kids?| life{in}grace