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Are you addicted to the approval of others?
Are you addicted to the approval of others? I read once that 10% – 15% of the people we meet in life will never like us. Isn’t that lovely? Because 85% to 90% will like us. So why allow such a small number of people to control your life and scare you, in how you…
What are you avoiding?
What are you avoiding? It was time to do a Go Live. I do those over on Hearts with a Purpose FB on Monday nights. Love to have you come on over and learn together. Click and then click follow! I flipped my phone to Go Live to do a landscape or a horizontal picture…
How do you stop ruminating?
How do you stop ruminating? Life can be crushing and often, that involves down and out wrestling with the Lord. A woman’s plan goes sideways devastating her at times and oh, so hard! I want women to KNOW and experience that the King of Kings is mighty to save, yet is more intimate and personal…
How do I become emotionally well?
How do I become emotionally well? These two emails arrived in my inbox within 12 hours. I kept thinking what a match! One woman shares her problem and the other shares her solution. The first email came in on a Sunday night and I could feel the woman’s pain as I read. I edited to…
What is the benefit of life coaching?
What is the benefit of life coaching? Clients testimonials about coaching… Your coaching changed my life ! ❤️ BP Dear Darlene, I’m already on day Eight and I’m benefiting from your inspired analogies, and your practical, astute, Biblical truth, and I t’s no surprise that I’ll be purchasing your books. Specifically, I’m going to share…
What is the call on your life?
What is the call on your life? Often we hear that phrase, especially in Christian circles, and it can make one uncomfortable, so let me break it apart for you. Each one of us is created in the image of God. We are prepackaged with a unique purpose. And we are meant to glorify Him…
Is your red bow of life shredded?
Is your red bow shredded? Imagine, a pretty silver package with a nice big red bow on top. That is how I wanted to do my life! A red bow for each situation and wrapped up pretty and safe and well. Very unrealistic I was! The truth was, not too long into my marriage of…
Mary believed. Do you?
Years ago, this very Christmas card sucked me in. And I still have the card today! One woman believed God. I tore off the front picture of Mary holding baby Jesus from the Christmas card. I stuck it to the right of my computer in my office so my eyes could focus on Truth—my only…
Do you feel depleted?
Do you feel like an empty bubble? Depleted? For many years I unpacked the Christmas boxes carefully looking for this ONE box that held this globe. It had been a Christmas gift from my parents, shortly after I married. The picturesque winter scene of a snow frosted pine tree and children bundled up building a…
How to set boundaries over the holidays?
How to set boundaries over the holidays? Holidays may stir up more than fun. A whole lot of chaos can come with families and friends thrown together. And if there is a dad, mom, uncle, aunt, great uncle or aunt, cousin, sibling or you name it, and they go on the hunt for a sexual victim,…
Who believes in you and your dream?
Who believes in you and your dream? If you are a woman that has tasted a few decades of life with a punch in the gut of abuse, divorce, cancer scare, deaths, and or betrayal, you may wonder why dream? What is it worth? Who believes in me anyhow? And do I even believe in…
What is narcissistic abuse?
What is narcissistic abuse? I recall the first day I read about narcissism. I felt smacked-up the head! I certainly had clocked way over the 10,000 hours to make one an expert in a topic and it was one I never signed up for yet, I KNEW this topic well! Narcissistic abuse! Covert abuse! Blamed…