I have been on this hot mess journey for more than 5 years now and am feeling that it’s time to step back. Not that I’m cured, I’m still at least lukewarm but better! The Journey When I started, I had the perfect storm in […]
Hot Mess – Signing Off
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Your Inner Board of Directors
I attended a conference this week where one of the speakers spoke about mental health. He said that we have an inner Board of Directors that we need to start talking back to. This intrigued me as it sounded like a “hot mess” concept. So, […]
Moving Past Rejection
Lately, I have had to do something that used to strike fear in my heart – SALES. Why? I think it is largely due to fear of rejection. When you start your own business, you have little choice but to do sales if you want […]
Don’t Stuff Your Feelings – How to Move Past the Pain
Stuffing Your Feelings Have you ever tried to hold in or push down negative feelings? Stuffing, also known as suppressing our feelings, is defined just as it sounds. It is literally pushing feelings down by denying them. We spend a lot of time and energy […]
The Art of Saying No
“No” is just two letters but saying it can feel really hard. Whenever someone asks you to take on a project or task, your first inclination might be to blurt out, “Yes! I’d be happy to!” Where, in reality, you may feel the opposite. Maybe […]
The Enneagram Feeling Types – Twos, Threes and Fours
A few weeks ago, I posted an introduction to the Enneagram – a tool to improve self-awareness and understanding of others. It is a study of the nine basic types of personality. It explains why we behave the way we do and points to specific directions […]
Something New
“I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun. Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in a dry wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 Have you ever felt called or led to do something […]
Cultivating Contentment
If asked what we want most in life, contentment would likely be somewhere at the top of the list for most of us. Contentment, or the state of being content, is about peaceful satisfaction. It involves appreciating what you have and where you are in […]
This World Is Not Our Home
1 Peter 2:11, MSG Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. As I get older and have experienced and seen much in life, I have come to the realization […]
Scrapping Your Strongholds
The mind is undoubtedly an amazing thing. It is extremely complex. It is often disobedient. It is all over the place. It feels uncontrollable at times – in fact, much of the time for me. My mind goes a thousand miles a minute and often […]
