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Have you ever been in a season of your life when the troubles don't seem to let up? You'd barely begun to catch your breath and regain your footing when the next trial began? In this Episode, I share encouragement and lessons learned from a recent service - learning trip in Puerto Rico. I pray that you'll be encouraged and inspired to live out love in brand new ways! Knowing that every tiny choice you make to share or receive hope matters and makes our world a better place.
What do you do when the only choice you have is to wait? Listen and gain some simple encouraging tools that could make all the difference and strengthen your faith, even when you're stuck in the waiting rooms of life.
I love the way that you and I can hear the same story, watch the same movie, or hear the same song and come away with so many different interpretations of the art – it’s one of the most beautiful parts of life…And have you noticed that if you hear a story at a different season in life – your perception of the message changes? In this episode, listen to hear one of my favorite short stories that might help you to find yours! Inspiration for this episode: Hebrews 12:27, 2 Corinthians 10 & The Story of the Brazilian Fisherman and the PhD.
The statistics about depression and anxiety in the United States today are staggering.Yet often we hesitate to make time for deeper conversations with our friends and loved ones about the realities of this struggle. Recently, I was thankful to partner with Dr. Christina Maki of the Fox Valley Institute at Pray Naperville to offer an invitation for others to become intentional, informed and honest about what's necessary for recovery from addiction, anxiety and depression. In this episode, I share a just bit about what I've learned over the years about recovery and I offer a simple tool that I call 'The Anxiety Cure.'I pray that if you're blessed with the task of being a wise encourager to someone who is struggling, that this episode will remind you that you're not alone. And if you're struggling with anxiety, depression or crippling fear - that you will make the courageous tiny choice to consider what you can do to take your next step toward the light.
There are somethings in life that happen to us that are so evil, you can't just 'get over it' and nothing can ever make it right. But you can be well, and you can be made new.
How patient with yourself are you - really? Listen to find out how having the right fluffy pillows and plushies can enable you to design sacred spaces and places and intentionally sort through and appreciate life’s interruptions.Listen to hear some ideas for Tiny Habits that can help you create sacred spaces and places in your life to process your interruptions.
Goals don't work, systems do. Listen to find out why it might be a great year to get rid of the resolutions and create a system that works for good!
A Christmas Carol continues to inspire the generations, in this episode, listen to find out what you have in common with all the 'Scrooges' in your life.
Some say that 'Life is a Game,' and if you don't learn the rules and play by the rules, then 'you're a pawn in the game.' Not too motiviating in my opinion, what if there's another way of thinking of life that could help you to feel like a winner every day? And really - I think it's quite simple!
What hard conversations have you been avoiding because of fear? Listen as I share the benefits of doing whatever it takes to take your next tiny step toward being the one who is courageous enough to start the hard conversations that can invite healing into your situation - professionally and personally for good.
How is your self talk? So often we become so consumed with our ideas about ourselves that decades can pass before we slow down to consider the truth. In this episode, listen as I share insights inspired by one of the most famous murals in downtown Chicago. A Miracle Mural that holds lessons for everyone of us who struggle with telling ourselves the truth about our potential, worth and value.
Unprocess your Food!" That was the tagline that caught my attention last week. Unprocessing has been on my time for many years - but what do Unprocessed Foods, Froyo and Unprocessed Pain have in common. Much more than you'd expect! Listen to find out how to make tiny unprocessing decisions that can make all the difference when it comes to self-care, self-compassion and beating the self-pity addiction.