Guess what! It’s fall! And along with fall comes a huge number of fallen leaves. Leaves of many varieties of colors, sizes, shapes. They are golden, red, orange, purple, brown. These leaves are dropped from grand and gorgeous trees like the elm, oak, aspen, maple, and willow. The rainbow of leaves line our walkways, curbs, roads yards and parks. They also drop onto our cars, window ledges, and into our gutters. Although it is not the only thing that signifies the arrival of Autumn, this colorful array of fallen leaves is a very clear sign that Autumn is here. And let’s be real-anyone who appreciates natural beauty can appreciate Autumn for its natural beauty. That is why I love preserving leaves and have put together this tutorial on how to preserve leaves…
Need Amazing Grace? It is Undeserved, yet Freely Given
I had a time in my life, when I was in my twenties when I had allowed sin into my life. It started in my heart when I was in college because I had some anger towards God about some things. By the time I was in the second year of my career, the sin manifested in my life fully. But nobody aside from me knew about it. It was my dark little secret. I was still serving in my church, teaching in children’s ministry, going to my community groups, and in general, still living the Christian life, outwardly.
A friend from college called me one night and asked me…
Choosing Love, Grace, And Patience-Because Your Relationships Matter
We make choices every day. Most of the choices we make seem harmless. However, there are many choices we make every day, some of which are mentioned above, that effect our lives and the lives of those around us whom we love and adore. The effects can either be positive or they can have harmful, even dire outcomes on our relationships.
Choosing love, grace, and patience in our response and actions is not easy to do. It will require we put away many old habits, and start practicing new ones daily. You will need to be intentional. Finally, it will require paying attention to the words we choose, our demeanor, and our attitude.
That is why I invite you…
Begin The Fight Now! Regain Respect, Dignity, and Self-Worth.
I am beyond excited to introduce Lela Putman in this Live Heart-Fully Conversation. Lela is an amazing and strong woman who has truly had to fight not just to regain respect, dignity, and self-worth for herself, but also for her husband of two years…for Lela, the last couple of years have brought some real and personal challenges for both her and her
Defining Success: Discover this Inspiring New Definition for Success
…for this Live Heart-Fully Conversation, I have invited a love and relationships expert, communicator, and content creator, Sujeiry Gonzalez to share about her own personal success story. Sujeiry’s story is one that includes some huge successes in the traditional ways we think of success. What I find inspiring though is that she is defining success in a way that is far from what we typically think of as success. This Live Heart-Fully Conversation is not one you want to miss as Sujeiry Gonzalez redefines everything we know about success and challenges us to do some real hard soul searching…
Make Adventure A Lifestyle Choice And Live Better.
I’ve been on several travel adventures throughout my life. Of course, I am in no way done with adventure. For instance, I’ve been to plenty of U.S. States on road trips. I’ve camped, backpacked, and seen a lot of back country and National Parks. I’ve been to Baja, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru (twice), England, France, Amsterdam, Norway, Estonia, and I lived in Russia for a short time…I love talking about travel and adventures, so of course I had to include a conversation in the Live Heart-Fully Conversation Series about adventure. That is why I invited Kate Roman to chat with me about…
It’s Okay to Cry! Crying is Beautiful. Embrace it.
Crying can be such a wonderful, healing, and cathartic thing to do. There are moments in all of our lives when we are deeply moved by something, or deeply hurt. I know it’s strange, but I have often enjoyed my cries though, (despite that others may see the uglier side of my face). Afterwards, I just feel better, and oddly refreshed. When you experience moments (being deeply moved or hurt), you may ask yourself, is it okay to cry. I am writing this blog to tell you that it IS okay to cry…I would love to stop buying into cultural expectations. After all crying is what makes us human, and it is a way to…
What’s So Important About Getting Your Life In Balance?
When we think of balance, we often think of balancing things like work and home life, budgets, and following a healthy, nutritious diet. However, I am beginning to realize that balance embodies so much more than just that. Balance is the backbone of every facet of our lives-peace, compromise, health, wellness, security, comfort, relationships, responsibilities, and just about everything else…I recently spoke with blogger and novelist, Carolyn Savage, about the topic of whole life balance and was amazed by the wisdom shared. We talked a great deal about…
Surprisingly Simple Tactics for Engaging with Others in Conversations
Engaging with others is so important in building deeper relationships and being able to respond well to others…In this conversation with Steph LeBlanc, we dive into some seemingly simply principals of engaging with others in conversations and learning to respond well. However, they are in no way easy to implement into our daily conversations. Engaging with others and responding well in our conversation requires…
Are you Controlling? Discover how to Relinquish Control Now!
Relinquish control! It’s not so easy, is it? Control is a word that many of us struggle with, and definitely one that I myself struggle with in a big way! I want to control everything in my environment; the big things, the little things, and all the things that fall in between. Aside from controlling things, of even greater concern is the desire many of us have to control the people in our lives, namely, our loved ones. I recently had a conversation with Katie Allen, founder of the blog, Allen the Family, and a woman who, like me, has struggled with wanting to control every aspect of her life. In this conversation she discusses…