We all have – or have had – a toxic friend in our life. The friend who lives in constant drama or who is clingy and manipulative. After hanging out with them, we feel wrung out, discouraged, and drained of all emotional energy. But sometimes we have toxic friendships and we’re not even aware they…
What is your walk with God like? Are you satisfied with daily time with God? How consistent are you in your daily prayer and Bible reading? When problems arise, do you turn to God first in prayer, or do you tend to exhaust all of your own ideas first and turn to God when nothing…
What makes an authentic person truly authentic? How can you know if a person is truly being authentic, or just hiding behind a mask of authenticity? I remember sitting on the couch and watching the movie Mean Girls. I wondered if things could get that bad in the girlie-hood. How wrong I was, things can…
Are you a safe person? Do you know what it means to be a safe person and how to surround yourself with other safe people who know how to give to the relationship as well as taken, when needed? Several years ago I began to ask myself these probing questions. I realized, my inner circle…
I don’t think its any secret that I love to read as much as I love to write. I am typically reading no less than two books at a time. While its true that lately its taken me far longer to read through a book than before I had kids, I find that I simply…
Conflict is inevitable. If ever you have contact with people, you will one day experience a conflict with them. Even with our closest, dearest friend. Conflict is impossible to avoid. Even if we were able to agree with someone 100% of the time about 100% of everything, we’d still encounter a conflict at some point….
