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Self-Control: 5 Secrets
Ahh – there is nothing that gets your attention like the word “self-control.” Cookies. Wine. [...]
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Feeling Meh? Here’s What to Do About It
Sometimes you find yourself dissatisfied and unfulfilled by life. Sometimes your feeling meh. [...]
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Overcoming Bad Habits
The other day God woke me up with a picture in my mind. It was a boat that just pulled onto the [...]
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Overcoming Frustration
When was the last time you were frustrated? Your computer crashed and didn’t save the email you [...]
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Forgiving Yourself
Do you ever have those days where things rise to the surface you thought you’ve dealt with? I do. I [...]
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Lights Out Moments
What are lights out moments? Let me show you. You’re in a room. It’s dark and you can barely [...]
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The Truth About Dreams
My Dream is being a writer. As a writer, free time doesn’t mean you’ll finish a book. In fact, I [...]
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How to Deal with Difficult People
The lyrics from this song “People are strange when you’re a stranger” is so true. Along [...]
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Hope Fueled Dreams
Having a dream is delightful, scary, exciting, and hard. You want to tell everyone and no one. [...]
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Be Grateful and Expect More
“Stop dreaming and be grateful for what you have.” How many times have you heard this from someone? [...]
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Divine Direction
You have a dream but aren’t sure what your next step should be. You are paralyzed. Did you [...]
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Living in Freedom
Knowing that God is with you allows you to be free. Can you imagine what you could accomplish if [...]
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Creatively Brave
Creatively brave. Isn’t saying or reading that phrase inspiring? What comes to mind? An artist on [...]
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Self-Control: 5 Strategies to Regain It
Self-control is more than not eating that last piece of cake. It’s a heart issue. It’s wanting [...]
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Perseverance in Obscurity
Do you ever feel like you’re pushing a string? You are working hard but nothing appears to be [...]
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Discernment: 3 Ways to Hear God’s Will
“I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.” – [...]
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A Prayer for Overcoming Discouragement
Sometimes you get in a funk. It can last for a few hours, a few days, or longer. Then feelings of [...]
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How to Fight the Internal Critic and Win
You’re in a yoga class and you look around. You don’t see anyone else struggling with their [...]
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Helplessness: A Prayer for Overcoming It
Helplessness. Sometimes you can feel it on your dream journey like when things don’t seem to [...]
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Fear of Success: How to Overcome It
Before we talk about overcoming the fear of success let’s look at what success means. While [...]
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Own Your Dream
Sometimes you describe your dream in a whisper. Speaking your dream out loud, loud enough so others [...]
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Mistakes: 5 Ways They Are Helpful
A friend recently made some mistakes in her business. She corrected them and all is well now, but [...]
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Curiosity: 9 things I Learned from Curious George
Curiosity is something that our society needs more of. While Siri and Alexa give us instant access [...]
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Discouragement: 3 Ways to Overcome It
Sometimes you can feel discouragement. Sometimes you feel detached. Like in “It’s A Wonderful [...]
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5 Tips for How to Be Courageous
According to Merriam-Webster, being courageous is having mental or moral strength to venture, [...]
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7 Reasons to Be Confident
It’s easy to not feel confident. It’s easy to compare yourself to others and to not want to step [...]
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Brave: 5 Secrets to Being Brave
No matter how you feel, you were not made to be timid. You were not made to give up on your dreams. [...]
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The Truth About Encouragement
Dreams require a LOT of encouragement because, let’s face it, claiming your dreams is hard. You get [...]
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God’s Goodness: 3 Ways He Displays It
Why do you accept that things are good enough, instead of believing that God wants more for you? [...]
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Be Who God Created You To Be
Reading Philippians 3:12-14 this past weekend I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before. I [...]
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Freedom From Anxiety
Your heart is racing. You have chest pains. You are sweating. Your stomach is killing you. Your [...]
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A Prayer For Tenacity
Lord, the hope you planted in my heart will not give up. It may get tired. It may get tired.
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Reprogramming: Who Do YOU Want to Become?
If you consider that your body is an intricate system that God crafted, your mind is the central [...]
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Dreams: 3 Lessons from Def Leppard
Dreams and Def Leppard. Yes. You heard right ! As fall sets in I’ve been reflecting on this [...]
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Father’s Day: Guys, This Blog’s for You!
This Father’s Day, as I think about men in our society, I can’t help but be disappointed at [...]
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Dear Engineer, You’re Allowed to Feel
Engineers are analytical and logical problem solvers. Feelings are often buried deep under their [...]
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What to Do When Your Dream Gets Old
You had a dream. It was exciting – it was perfect – it was awesome and it was [...]
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3 Tips to Help You Remember How to Have Fun
Do you remember how to have fun? Or has it been a while? If you were to write a letter to fun would [...]
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The Real Reason Leaving the Rat Race is Hard
Before we dive into the real reason leaving the rat race is hard let’s get on the same page [...]
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