Last night, I was talking to my forever best girlfriend, Darcy. We have known each other since before I sobered up--more than 30 years. It's been 6 months (seems like forever) since we've been together and it made me think of our last visit...

We shar...

Don't you just wish life was easier, with less challenges and obstacles? Yeah, me, too...but without challenges, life becomes stagnant and we stop growing. Most of my growth and wisdom is the result of problems. Challenges help us uncover who we are ...

“Self-care is how you take your power back."

--Lalah Delia

The topic of self-care has come up again recently...and often.  A couple of my coaching clients have been struggling with overwhelm and our Life Group talked about it last week. Many heads ...

"No matter how small they seem, celebrate all wins!"

"Habits are a product of choice. We are what we make of ourselves."

― E. W. Kenyon

Do you have a habit that isn't serving you? Do you keep practicing that habit over and over and over again? It used to be so enjoyable, but now, it's one of those th...

"Journaling is like whispering to one's self and listening at the same time. " 

― Mina Murray

When I first sobered up, everything made me mad. That was my "go-to" emotion and I wasn't aware of any other feelings. One time, I was ranting to my spons...

“If you don't learn the lesson in the curriculum of your life the first time, you get to take the test over again until you pass it." 

--Jan McDonald

I have never missed that last flight to Pasco, WA from Seattle. I've had to sprint to catch it bef...

"The most powerful leadership tool that you have is your own personal example.”

― John Wooden

I was reading a devotional this morning on a Bible chapter, Titus 2.  The apostle Paul was instructing Titus on essential guidelines to teach to leave a g...

"Your mind only knows some things. Your inner voice, your instinct knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path."

—Henry Winkler  (the actor)

"So now the case is closed."There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life union with Jesus..."

—Romans 8:1

You have to know yourself to grow yourself."

"If I would have listened to the naysayers, I would probably still be in the Austrian Alps yodeling."

--Arnold Schwarzenegger

I was watching the wild card game the other night—the Arizona Cardinals against the Los Angeles Rams.

Matthew Staffor...

“When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit of what he can do."

--Charles Schwab 

As we grow, life experiences, mistakes, failures, kids on the playground and well-meaning adults download beliefs systems in our minds that we...

“Life is either an adventure or nothing at all."

--Helen Keller

“Attachment is the source of all suffering."

--Buddha