Does Your Marriage Need a Chore Chart?

You know you had one. Whether it was in your head or your diary, posted on your mirror or hidden deep in your heart—when you were single, you had a list. Though it maybe embarrassing to admit now, because as least at one point it described a movie star more than anyone you knew in real life, you had one.  You had a list of what you were looking for in a spouse.  Tall or short, athletic or nerdy, you had some sort of picture in your head of who you wanted to marry. Maybe even down to what color [...]

By |2019-05-07T19:44:57+00:00May 16th, 2019|Categories: Adulting, Conflict, Habit Making, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Marriage, Relationships, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Does Your Marriage Need a Chore Chart?

Three Things To Remember in a Fight

No one likes conflict.  In fact, that is why so many couples who’ve been together for years, feel disconnected from one another: they’ve avoided their struggles by pretending they aren’t there. They’ve let them pile up, until there is a wall between them. The only solution is to do the hard work of dismantling the wall (including getting help), or get out. None of us want to choose the latter. None of us want our marriage to end. That is why, no matter where you are in your marriage journey—from single wanting to be married someday, to being married for [...]

By |2019-05-15T20:38:46+00:00May 9th, 2019|Categories: Conflict, Health, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Marriage, Relationships, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Three Things To Remember in a Fight

Love Learn Lead May 2, 2019

Friends, it’s May. Can you believe it? It feels like just yesterday we were talking about beginning 2019 strong, and here we are now, almost half way through. I hope wherever you are, your year is going better than expected. And if it’s not, you are finding strength for the journey. Today, is a big day. For the first time in the life of this blog, we are doing a series entirely on Marriage. Beginning with this post, we are going talk about wedded bliss for the next four weeks. But, before I begin I have to admit something: I [...]

Two Things Brene Brown Has Taught Me About Criticism

Growing up, there were a few circumstances that sent my family spinning into survival mode. Being the middle child, I quickly learned to cope by trying to make everyone and everything all right. Something, I couldn’t actually do. But by watching out for my younger sisters, being good, and taking care of things around the house, it seemed I was able to manage things. That somehow, for my family, I was able to lessen the blow. These skills I developed at home served me well at school too. By learning what was expected of me and performing it, I was [...]

Love Learn Lead April 18, 2019

We all have a different story. No two people on this earth have the same exact shared experiences, or thoughts about them. It is just not possible. However, we all know what it is like to experience fear, to worry about what people will think of us, or to have our past threaten to dictate our future. None of us move through life completely unencumbered by something slowing us down or holding us back. And yet, People do incredible things. You do incredible things. You have done incredible things. You have overcome obstacles, both big and small in your life. [...]

By |2019-04-03T20:39:52+00:00April 18th, 2019|Categories: Habit Making, Health, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mental Health, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Love Learn Lead April 18, 2019

Five Ways I Manage Anxiety

In celebration of her fortieth birthday, last month author Sarah Bessey shared forty important things she’s learned in her life. One thing she said that struck me was this: “Being a responsible adult is the most underrated form of self-care.” Then she went on to explain by listing all the “boring” tasks of adulting like going to bed at a decent time, exercising, keeping a budget, etc.  Sometimes, the greatest thing we can do for ourselves is to live a more disciplined and routine life. To commit to practices that don’t necessarily bring us the most joy, but in the big [...]

By |2019-04-11T13:27:54+00:00April 11th, 2019|Categories: Anxiety, Courage, Fear, Food, Habit Making, Health, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Five Ways I Manage Anxiety

Love Learn Lead April 4, 2019

If January is the time for new resolutions, April is the month to pick them up again, and take action. Spring is here. The weather is better. The darkness of winter is over. And though there may be April showers, there is no time like the present to work toward those goals that won’t leave you alone. You know, those goals that slip into your thoughts when you’re driving in your car. The ones that give you a tinge of shame when something in a conversation reminds you of how far you have to go to accomplish them. Or the [...]

By |2019-03-25T20:16:17+00:00April 4th, 2019|Categories: Change, Courage, Fear, Hope, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Love Learn Lead April 4, 2019

5 Things I Loved in March

March is coming to a close, and I have been looking forward to the end of this month for weeks. One obvious reason is spring is here, and hopefully, the weather will start to act accordingly. But mostly, I’ve been looking forward to getting away.  This weekend, Tony and I are headed to the Finger Lakes in New York with our best friends. We’re going to eat good food, take a hike (weather permitting), and visit some of our favorite wineries. And of course, the best part will be, being all together. Friendship is such a gift.  Doing life together [...]

By |2019-03-25T18:57:52+00:00March 28th, 2019|Categories: Good Books, Habit Making, Health, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, podcasts I love, Routines|Comments Off on 5 Things I Loved in March

Leadership #22: Your Attitude Matters

The hardest times to lead aren’t only when everything is going south and you’re just trying to keep things together. They can also be in the mundane. When the job before you and your team is to do the long slow work of building or preparing for your next big thing. When there are menial or seemingly unimportant tasks to be done. Tasks that no one is ever going to notice. Jobs that won’t get applause. Yet things that must be completed to get to where you want to go. It is in these times that, Attitude is everything. Working [...]

Learn: That Weird Place In The Middle

It may surprise you to learn, I was unhappy to find myself working at a university bookstore after graduating college. As you might know, I love books. I was an English major. And, one of my favorite things to do is to wander the aisles of a bookstore with a cup of coffee in my hand. For me it’s pretty close to heaven. So why wasn’t I happy? Well, for one, shelving text books isn’t the same as reading a fantastic novel. Retail is hard work. But more than anything, my unhappiness wasn’t about where I was, it was about [...]

By |2019-03-06T20:57:55+00:00March 14th, 2019|Categories: Calling, Character, Faith, gratitude, Hope, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Uncategorized, Waiting|Comments Off on Learn: That Weird Place In The Middle

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