Just like the earth moves in specific seasons, so our lives move in a seasonal rhythm. The secret to success is knowing what season you are in and recognizing when that season has come to an end. When you operate in the right season, you’ll be operating at your best. We must understand our time.
Read MoreWe are not God, therefore, we cannot reach everyone but we can be there for someone. If you cannot do it for everyone, don't let it stop you from doing it for someone.
Read MoreExcellence launches, perfectionism lags. Excellence energizes, perfectionism drains. Excellence encourages others, perfectionism discourages others.
Read MoreWe fear failure and tend to believe that we’re only as good as our last accomplishment. It’s a challenge that is deeply ingrained in us. We can’t snap our fingers and magically change our way of thinking.
Read MoreVulnerability is being real with a real-life person. It's saying to a trusted friend who has earned the right to hear your honesty -- not just anyone and not everyone -- that you are not doing ok.
Read MoreWhen someone tells you to “man up”; “stop crying”; “stop being so dramatic”, I would wager a hefty bet that it’s in pursuit of their own comfort, not yours.
Read MoreFor years, you might have been defining yourself by your dysfunction. Our identity can become consumed by our issues. You might have told yourself a summary of what you are and what you’re not based on the experiences you’ve had, BUT not on the potential that you carry.
Read MoreTwo things drive our life: achievement and approval. You might get a glimpse of happiness from your achievements, but what you'll learn as you get older, is every time you reach one, you'll just make another goal that doesn't lead to freedom. You'll learn to realize that none of this will make you happy. The satisfaction is temporary.
Read MoreNo one can be a ray of sunshine 24/7; humans just don’t work that way. In fact, paying attention and processing your emotions as they come and go may help you better understand yourself, and those around you.
Read MorePositivity itself is not toxic, but positivity can become toxic when we address somebody with a cliché, advice or a statement, and it leaves them feeling like they don't have room to be vulnerable, explain themselves, or share how they're feeling; when we don’t leave space for validation or understanding.
Read MoreOur purpose appears in pieces. It doesn’t look like it does on the box until it’s fully built. Maybe what you think is broken, is really just incomplete.
Read MorePutting yourself first doesn’t mean you don’t care about others. It means you’re smart enough to know you can’t help others if you don’t get healthy first. Remember, you can’t pour from an empty cup.
Read MoreSo many have confused the familiarity of the negative voice they hear in their head with absolute truth. You might have heard it for years, but chances are, it started lying to you on day one. Truth is an acquired taste when you’ve been eating lies all your life!
Read MoreThere’s a reason why people are the way they are. We are all often so quick to judge and vilify others that we don’t take time out to understand their story and motives. We step into a scene in their life and think we know the whole story.
Read MoreHowever, in our frustrations, we tend to label all hard times as a roadblock but I am challenging us to ask ourselves if the problem is actually a tollbooth. What does that mean? We might have to pause, but if we’re willing to pay the price, we can keep moving forward.
Read MorePeople don’t want to be talked out of their feelings; they want to be heard, seen, and understood. They don’t need a piece of your mind, they need a piece of your heart.
Read MoreIt is not what we go through that determines where we end up – it’s who we listen to and what we guide by. What you hear gets in your heart. What you scroll gets in your spirit.
Read MoreFor any number of uncontrollable reasons, some people aren’t going to like you and that’s simply a part of life. It’s how you respond to those people that determines the impact they will have on you.
Read MoreUndealt with disappointment can cause a lot of chaotic damage in your mind. It’s ok to acknowledge to yourself that you’re disappointed, that it is real. Don’t suppress it. Disappointment is not healthy – it’s toxic.
Read MoreMost of the time when you think of the word hope, it’s usually associated with positive things. But what about when it doesn’t? What about when the sheer thought of hoping again makes you sad, angry, resentful, and the hurts from your past start screaming in your soul? You start thinking of the disappointments, the betrayals, the loss, the rejection and the thought of hoping again is almost laughable.
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