Tag: wholeness

Why Do I Do the Things That I Do?

Why Do I Do the Things That I Do?

My WHY do I do the things that I DO? My “Thisisthereason” why I am passionate about healthy and living the Abundant Life. My parents. That’s it. It’s my parents. The things they went through with their health and life taught me so much. How 

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, Part 2

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, Part 2

Last week I started a series about removing Shame. Today, I’m going to finish my story about playing baseball as a kid and show you one way I have been known to heal memories. This particular one was about Shame. Sometimes I ask God to 

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, part 1

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, part 1

As humans, we are always in the process of healing and/or growing.  Whether we realize it or not.  Sometimes we are actively, searching for healing. Others we are just actively trying to make it through another day.  But we are even learning things in that.  

Where Do I Go From Here?

Where Do I Go From Here?

This is what I have been pondering lately..  Where do I go from here…. I have just come from 2 weeks of conferences. 2 very different conferences. Both pushing me to choose the best things for my life. Both enocouraging me and wanting me to 

Swift and Imperfect. Raw and Vulnerable.

Swift and Imperfect. Raw and Vulnerable.

This is going to be a long blog post about taking swift and imperfect action about a very raw and vulnerable time. I’m sorry it’s so long, but I guess that’s what happens when I don’t blog for a while. I have this sign I 

You Are Worth It

You Are Worth It

Lately I have been pondering the topic of identity. By Identity, I mean, who I am. Who I truly am. People often try to label me, and I’m sure you as well, and some of the labels are good.  Like:  Mom Grandma Wife Friend Gardener 

Sticks and stones…

Sticks and stones…

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”  I remember yelling that back at the kids who called me names in elementary school. Jokingly, I said it as an adult. How many times have you heard this phrase or spoke 

Some Seasons are Harder than Others

Some Seasons are Harder than Others

This is a difficult season. I know many of you have noticed that my posts have been a little more vulnerable lately.. Many of you may have noticed that I haven’t posted as much lately. Maybe you haven’t noticed at all.. Everyone is in their 

Your Grounding!

Your Grounding!

When I say “grounding”, what do you think of??  Are you like me and thought it was just some weird “Hippy-Dippy” thing? Or maybe you thought of electricity and that wire that was supposed to connect to the earth and keep the electricity from going 

You. Your House. And Boundaries, Part 2.

You. Your House. And Boundaries, Part 2.

Last week I posted the first part of this series and you can find it here. In last weeks post, I talked about why we would want to have good boundaries and what a boundary-less house would look like. I talked about how sometimes we