Eliminate the Biggest Holiday Stressor of All
I would bet that every day until Christmas you will find a list or blog post about ways to reduce holiday stress.  I just re-tweeted two today on twitter.  I would just share someone else’s thoughts because it is all being covered in one or the other article.  But, then as I sat here pondering the holidays and thinking Are the holidays stressful for me?  Why? What do other people tell me causes them stress? I came up with what I think is the cause of most of the stress, outside of money issues of course.  And I don’t think I have seen it in other posts or top 10 lists, so I thought I would share it.  Are you ready? I

Life by Design
I am working on updating my Life by Design coaching program and was reminded about the changes I have made in my own life.  Man, looking back I am so thankful.  If you read my post A Kingdom View of Work/Life Balance or Midlife Crisis? Depression?  Maybe you are just Bored? you can tell this topic is heavy on my heart this month.  I hear from many people that are not exactly sure where God wants them right now.  I so want to encourage you!  My journey to God’s path was such a major detour from t

Midlife Crisis? Depression? Maybe You’re Just Bored!
Have you ever known a person who was never satisfied with where they were in life?  The person who kept changing jobs or houses or spouses?  The person who would get really excited at the project du jour but the next time you saw them the glimmer was gone.  Have you ever been that person?  I have heard and used every excuse in the book.  Do any of these sound familiar: I think my ADD is kicking in.  It must be my entrepreneurial spirit. I guess I am just a “starter” not a “maintainer”. Maybe I am going through a mid-life crisis. I am depressed.  I need a change, something to pull me out of it.

A Kingdom View of Work/Life Balance
The term work/life balance has been tossed around for the past three decades as a bar to exceed in order to achieve true “happiness” and “success’’.  If you google work/life balance you get over 50 million results…really!  Can you imagine the variation of definitions we could find?  However, I think many of us translate work/life balance into “doing it all”.  We strive to be great at our jobs, wonderful spouses, and doting parents while we are providing service to our community, growing spiritually and staying physically fit.  Phew!! I used to log 60+ hours in the corporate world consistently.  I had a career that was successfully growing by both

Influence Begins Inside of Our Self
The following words were written on the tomb of an Anglican bishop who lived in the eleventh century: When I was young and free my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world.  As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.  But it, too, seemed immovable.  As I grew in my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.  And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realized:  If I had only changed my self first, then by example I would have changed my family.