Having assumed insecurities belonged to the younger version of me, imagine my surprise when I discovered the root cause of recent anxiety rested in a few stubborn insecurities. But an even bigger surprise awaited, when in answer to prayer, God invited me into the safe place of overcoming insecurities with Him. At times, becoming fully … Read More about Overcoming Insecurities with God
Mindfulness
Embracing Rhythms of Rest
As the holiday season fast approaches, for the first time in many years my mind shifts towards embracing rhythms of rest. While friends and colleagues shift into high gear and overwhelm, my heart leans into a more mindful, slower pace. What if rhythms of rest offered the answer to the deepest longings of our hearts … Read More about Embracing Rhythms of Rest
Welcoming a New Season
It feels fresh, tinged with the excitement of the new. Yet welcoming a new season also brings those latent feelings of uncertainty. After the initial joy of embracing our favorite parts of the new season, life reminds us change often sparks anxiety. Of course, not all change is bad, but navigating any change in a … Read More about Welcoming a New Season
Essential Oils 101
Essential Oils for Mindfulness
Essential oils not only support the physical body, but through their scents provide powerful support to the mind. Anxiety, stress or emotional imbalance find relief in the use of essential oils. Learning to use essential oils for mindfulness will enhance your practice and provide valuable mental health support. Essential Oils for emotions Essentials oils work … Read More about Essential Oils for Mindfulness
The 3 Most Versatile Essential Oils
You love essential oils, but need help determining which ones you should use the most. I remember the resulting information overload figuring out where to begin, or which oils had which benefits. I stumbled across some foundational information that discussed the 3 most versatile essential oils, which turned out to be the best information for … Read More about The 3 Most Versatile Essential Oils
How to Use Essential Oils For Comfort and Healing
Have you ever felt like you just needed some peace? Emotional or even physical relief from ongoing stress, pain or just an especially challenging time in your life? We all have times like that and often no idea of what will really help. I’d like to share with you how to use essential oils for … Read More about How to Use Essential Oils For Comfort and Healing
Encouragement
Waking Up to Purposeful Rest
Previously one of lament, my attitude towards the season of winter recently underwent a small shift. Choosing to enter the new year with a mindset of ease rather than one of frenzied activity has opened the door to purposeful rest in my life. Our success driven culture views times of rest as a sign of … Read More about Waking Up to Purposeful Rest
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
I remember as a child how difficult it was to accept the moral of the story of the tortoise and the hare. Having the words, “slow and steady” in the same sentence as the word “race”, makes no sense to a child. But as a wiser adult, who has subdued a strong competitive drive, it … Read More about Slow and Steady Wins the Race
What New Thing is God Doing?
Stepping into a new year, many people envision new things ahead. In my own reflections on a new year, I sat with the word, “new”, more in an attempt to clarify my expectations for what form “new” things might take. More specifically, what new thing is God doing? How many times do we cross over … Read More about What New Thing is God Doing?
Inspiration
Will You Wait with Me?
As Holy Week moves toward a well-known bittersweet ending of grief and anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane, my heart ponders what the wait meant to Jesus and His three closest disciples. Asking a simple question of John, James, and Peter, “Will you wait with me?” Jesus moves deeper into the garden for His last … Read More about Will You Wait with Me?
When Love Takes You by Surprise
Yes, it’s that day. Valentine’s Day. Not my favorite day for many reasons, but it does force a few thoughts on loving well. At times, love takes you by surprise, but for the most part love’s most powerful expressions come in the daily experiences of life. Speaking His unfailing love into my heart for the … Read More about When Love Takes You by Surprise
Reclaim a Heart of Lavish Praise For God
Yet before sunrise, my arrival at work brings a sweet delight as the days inch closer to the Spring Equinox. The joyous songs of busy robins invite me to reclaim a heart of lavish praise for God. The once silent, still winter mornings give way to the herald of spring as all creation shakes off … Read More about Reclaim a Heart of Lavish Praise For God
