12/29/21 Just wondering, have you noticed over the past few weeks that you’ve had an uncontrollable urge to do something to grab attention? Perhaps when you were at your Christmas gatherings or parties - with family or friends. Maybe it was outward and obnoxious like being the clown and making everyone laugh. Or, maybe it was a strong assertion of control over certain events, or opinions, or decisions. Or, maybe it was more passive-aggressive, and it looked more like sulking

12/22/21 Hello friends and Merry Christmas! I do pray you are surrounded by so much love this season! I’m going to keep this short because Christmas is just a few days away you and you, if you’re like me, you might stilI need to pick up a thing or two. Welcome to Episode number 63 - Joy: Better Than Happy. So, I’m just going to jump right in and recognize that if you’ve experienced any form of loss, you may be experiencing grief such that you feel the weight of what might bes

12/15/21 So last year I recorded two podcasts with a focus on the holidays called So You’ll Know…during The Holidays and So You’ll Know…The Gift Of Presence. . These titled “So You’ll Know” were bonus episodes that were intended to help people know how to help someone who has lost a loved one. I talked about what to say, or not to say; what to do, or not do. And basically the idea was to just give some tips on how to navigate through the difficult and sometimes awkward situat

12/8/21 Hello friends! I’m so excited to talk to you today about “What ifs”. But I’ve also got a really exciting thing I’m going to be offering in the new year, so stick around to the end to hear more about it. I think it’ll be so helpful for so many people - and I can’t wait to help more people! Okay, so welcome to episode number 61 - What if… I don’t think I know a single person who hasn’t - at one point or another - run a thousand scenarios through their brain about someth

12/3/21 Hey, okay, right off the bat, if you’re a control freak (and you know it if you are) let’s just get the hard truth out there: You are not in control of the world. In control of your circumstances, the people you interact with on a daily basis, or even the majority of your life. You can have self-control over your thoughts, and your actions, your words, and even your emotions. But you are not in control of other people or external factors or events. You weren’t in cont

11/24/21 Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I struggled with wanting to put out a message to “other people” about how to care for the broken and the sorrowful this holiday season. But I’ve already covered that in a bonus episode called So You’ll Know…During The Holidays. The “So You’ll Know” episodes are for those of you who are wanted to know how to care for someone who has had a loved one who has passed away. I talk about what to say, or not to say; what to do, or not do. And just g

11/17/21 This month of November has been a month of gratitude. And I’ve tried to post something I’m grateful for each day on social media. But I knew the most important thing was just making sure I was thankful every day. As I was thinking about what I was grateful for today, I was sitting out back on my patio, listening to the sweet sound of the windchimes being blown about gently in this fall weather, watching the Blue Jays chase each other as they move together in a pack f

10/20/21 Have you ever woken up one day and just felt all stirred up? Or maybe you’ve had a few days where you just couldn’t put your finger on it, but you knew things felt out of sorts. Heavy. Maybe you’re even angry and you’re not even sure why exactly, and you don’t even know where it came from. Confession: I’ve got some big decisions I have to make right now and it’s bringing up all kinds of feelings of vulnerability. I’ve also got a situation in my life where I feel like

9/29/21 I want to start by reading a poem I came across the other day that stopped me in my tracks. Mainly because it’s a letter from God to His child, and I felt like He was speaking directly to me. This poem is by May Prentiss Smith. “Child of My love, lean hard and let Me feel the pressure of your care. I know your burden, child, I shaped it; Balanced it in My own hand, made no proportion in its weight to your unaided strength. For even as I laid it on, I said, ‘I will be

8/25/21 Oh, my goodness, I never thought I’d be telling you this. But here goes. So, I’ve had several friends ask me if I’ve considered getting on a dating site. My answer was always, “Absolutely not.” Now, there were varying reasons. At first, I just wasn’t ready. Then, I’d heard so many horror stories from women who had gone on dates with some men from the different sites. Oh man, they had some really ridiculous stories to tell. Most of them were just hilarious and we got a

8/18/21 Life is funny, huh? Last week’s episode was titled “You Can Do Hard Things.” And it was a message I had been working on for a while and I had it recorded a couple of weeks ago and slated for it to come out last week. So, it was planned ahead of time. Isn’t that just like God to plan something ahead of time so that when the message comes to you (or in this case, even comes from you) it’s right on time? Well, it’s definitely a message for me, right on time, because my d