Passionately Managing Life

​ God will sit you down to teach a lesson. I have been sidelined by sickness and tragedy repeatedly and there was always a lesson in it. Whenever I am doing too much or over exerting myself. Whenever I am worrying instead of having faith or fretting instead of trusting myself I get sat down.   One of my good friends is having a hard time in multiple life areas. I told him he needs to try to take time for himself to rest because nothing in life is making sense right now. He was worried about everything and not trusting his own instincts. He's ones of the most creatively, energetic, charismatic people I know and he's become bogged down in life. My advice is always to find a way to focus on the positive and a space for himself outside of the madness. Then it just so happened that his body made him rest. Took him completely out of commission. Now the things that seemed so overwhelming may have lost their importance. In an instant.  The thing I found interesting about this global...

​ I took a break from social media as a sacrifice during the Lenten season. i often participate in lent which is a Christian tradition of sacrifice as a way to help RECenter myself and refocus. this year I took the 40 days to stay off of Instagram Facebook as found they are particularly addictive distractions for me and I used that time to do more things that are in alignment with the woman I want to become. I love to read and I used the time to read more. I didn't just read anything I am building the habit of listening to more positive words, more positive authors, more meaningful podcast and ingesting things they are more uplifting empowering and positive all around. I used the time to limit activity that did not make me feel good. I listened to more music with uplifting content. I watched more empowering television and videos. it felt like when I did spend my time consuming media it was more purposefully and intentionally. At the end of the fast and I return to social media I...

​ I get reminded on almost a daily basis how incredibly blessed I am. Whenever I am down and out or when I think that I am not good enough, I get a sign that I am on the path I'm supposed to be on. Sometimes I feel that I should be farther along financially, spiritually or professionally and I get a sign that makes me even more thankful for what I do have. Sometimes I feel like I'm not good enough at being a wife and mother and then my family shows me that I am exactly what they need. Sometimes professionally I think that I'm not a good teacher or counselor and then I get a text message telling me how much I inspired a young person to do the right thing. I beat myself up a lot or at least I used to, but there are pieces of motivation and inspiration out in the world that come back to you at the exact moment you need it. I'm good at telling people they are good enough, that they can do anything they put their minds to, but I often need my own reminder. So every day I wor...