The Signs We Ignore: Finding Your Way Back to Flow

How Old Stories About Not Being Enough Can Keep Us From Embracing the Future We Want What signs do you see in your life? Are they leading you toward a brighter future? Do you embrace them, or do you find reasons to ignore them? I’ve done both. And I’m learning that...

You Don’t Have to Be a Caregiver in a Desert

Finding Connection When You Feel Alone As a caregiver, I sometimes felt like I was living in a desert. Alone. As if no one really understood what I was living. At the time, I lived in rural western Kansas, so it was easy to feel that way. There weren’t many people...

Kind Sight: A Different Way to Look Back

What if you could look at your past self with the same compassion you offer someone you love? Along the lines of perfectionism, I’ve been thinking about the idea of kind sight. I heard someone use that term on a podcast several weeks ago, and it stayed with me. Her...

When Good Enough Lets the Light In

What happens when we stop waiting for everything to be perfect? I had a decision to make. It was late Tuesday night, and I still hadn’t finished writing this blog post. Monday had been a long day—an appointment in Kansas City, lunch with my mom, taking John to get...

When Life Changes in an Instant

Learning to navigate the unexpected—and finding connection through the transitions we never planned. We Think We Know What Comes Next Things can change in an instant. I know this has happened to me more than once. Sometimes, life changes with a phone call, a...

Does Time Control You?

We can’t control time, yet we can choose what we make room for. Time Has a Way of Taking Over Time. Sometimes it seems to consume our lives. For some people, time is neatly divided into eight-hour workdays, five-day workweeks, weekends, holidays, and vacations. You...