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Is someone projecting on you?

Is someone projecting on you?

Is someone projecting on you? First, what is that and what does it look like? Projecting is when another person tells you, who you are, what you are thinking, and what you are feeling – based on their own internal messy world.  They push their hurt on you: their wounds, their thoughts, their feelings, and…

Is your life wrapped in a lie?

Is your life wrapped in a lie?

Is your life wrapped in a lie? If so, a lie has no legs! Last week, I sat in a celebration of life service for a beautiful 53 year old woman warrior of the Lord. She is now cancer free and celebrating life with Jesus! During the service the Pastor said a few things that jumped…

Are you frustrated with the cards you’ve been dealt?

Are you frustrated with the cards you’ve been dealt?

Are you frustrated with the cards you’ve been dealt? Car accident? Handicap? Abuse? Death? Physical Pain? Cancer? Divorce? Accidents? Tornadoes? Hurricanes? Disappointments? Go ahead and fill in the blank to stories in your life that don’t make sense… ________ or ____________ or ____________________ or _________________________,And you don’t know what to do with them. You may…

Are you lonely?

Are you lonely?

Are you lonely? Loneliness is real and it bites! I asked a woman what is your hardest hard right now? She said, “Being alone.”  (And let me add on, COVID-19 has only added to that isolation.) Loneliness is real and it hurts deeply! Many women are living behind closed doors and windows and they are oh,…

Are you stuck in idle?

Are you stuck in idle?

Are you stuck in idle? I am stuck. I am complacent.  How do you shift to live? It begins with recognizing, I am stuck.  Then One must highjack the lie that one repeats to themselves. It takes work to change but it is so worth it.  Then replace the lie with the Truth. That creates…

Who cares?

Who cares?

Who cares & what difference does it make?  Completing my speaking topic to women in church leadership, I collected their written responses.  I had asked women to jot down descriptive words of the needs of their heart. With sadness, I prayed silently for the woman who had written, “Who cares, what difference does it make?”…

Are you stuck in grief?

Are you stuck in grief?

Are you stuck in grief? Is your pain increasing? Do you long to get to the other side of your disappointments in life and live? Maybe you have asked yourself, how does one move through the valley of loss to acceptance? If so, you are not the only one. Love and loss and disappointments hurt.…

Women’s pain from emotional abuse:

Women’s pain from emotional abuse:

Women’s pain from emotional abuse: (I only coach women and I do know that there are abusive women, so if you are a man reading this in abuse, get help too.) How many of these phrases can you relate to? ____ How many are increasing in damage to your soul? ___  Chaos grows Everything is uncertain…

Are you living in denial?

Are you living in denial?

Are you living in denial? Betsy walked in, sat down, and said, “I am stuck.” Betsy had been married for almost 20 years. She learned recently of her husband’s porn addiction when she asked him, What was he viewing on his tablet? She was grieved to the core of her being. (And women be aware…

Do you desire to grow your speaking and writing skills?

Do you desire to grow your speaking and writing skills?

Leaders, do you desire to grow your speaking and writing skills? Take this little quiz. Do you think, you are to be speaking? Do you think, you are to be writing? Do you desire to  sharpen your leadership skills in either of these areas? Do you long to tell your story? Are you scared to…

Are you starved for someone to listen to you?

Are you starved for someone to listen to you?

Are you starved for someone to listen to you? Do you want to be heard? Do you have a story to tell, but who is listening to you? I am so glad to have you here today. And of  all days I am posting this link on Good Friday. No pain compares to what Christ…

How do we respond when our way is thwarted?

How do we respond when our way is thwarted?

How do we respond when our way is thwarted? How do we respond to life’s situations that block us, stop us, and/or thwart us? After living through COVID-19 I am certain we all could say we have experienced this. Our life hums along  and then a big boulder or several BIG stones are plopped in our…