Just Planted: 5 Aspects of Growth
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 reminds us, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” There are times in life when it feels as though we’re swimming…
Eat for Inner Ease: How Methylation-Friendly Foods Can Soothe Your Mind
These days, it can feel like the world is spinning at double speed, leaving us frazzled, uncertain, and—more often than we’d like—disconnected from that elusive sense of inner peace. Surprisingly,…
Tips for Managing Your Anxiety this Holiday Season
The holiday season is just around the corner. Decorations, lights, and events are popping up everywhere, bringing a sense of wonder and joy. However, during this time of year, managing…
Parenting: The Journey of Ups, Downs, Twists, and Turns
Where does one begin to talk about the ups, downs, twists, and turns that come with parenting? Perhaps it starts from the day you find out you’re going to become…
Are You Ready for an Empty Nest?
Raising children is one of the most rewarding and challenging endeavors of our lives. As a mom myself, I understand the feelings of excitement watching them grow and develop into…
Self-Compassion: A Key to Thriving in Your 20’s
Emerging adulthood is a time for reflection and self-discovery, which some might expect to have already accomplished as an adolescent. But, young adults are still in the thick of navigating…
Trust: Bonded to Humility and Honesty
Trust is a mysterious thing. You can’t taste it, touch it, smell it, or take a picture of it. To some, it seems elusive, forever beyond their reach. And yet,…
A Campaign of Gratitude
The other day I ran across an article I had saved from 2004 that seems so relevant in this season of political and personal unhappiness, animosity and estrangement. The author…
Coping in Hard Times
These are hard times. 2020 is working on becoming the defining year for life stress. The coronavirus is ominous, hiding around most every corner, and affecting almost every area of life…
Surviving this Relentless Winter
It's been said, "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." and "Snow has become a four letter word." Grumbling has settled over the country like a…