Category: Authenticity

  • Eternal Happiness is a Fairytale…

    They say that we should be in the pursuit of happiness. You should do whatever makes you happy.  I see a problem with this thought process and here’s why:  Happiness is defined as the state of being happy Let’s break that down a little further  Happy is defined as a feeling. Whereas state is defined as a…

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  • Are you listening?

    Are you listening?

    My girls really enjoy this show called Girl Meets World. This show is very nostalgic for me to my childhood as it is a spinoff of one of my childhood favorites, Boy Meets World.  One thing I love about this show (and I am super bummed that it cancelled after 3 season because it was…

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  • Little instrument, powerful tool

    My teammates know that I am not one for a potty mouth and as we sat around in a meeting one day, one of the guys (who is known for his potty mouth – seriously, rarely can a sentence be said without the F-bomb) had just finished speaking with a few choice words mixed in…

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  • Stick to your guns…with LOVE

    Stick to your guns…with LOVE

    In light of Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking we all have love on our mind. But I want to take a moment and not talk about romantic love but the kind of love we should share with others every day.  It seems that in the day and age, we are slowly forgetting how to love others.…

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  • Seeking perfection

    Saturday morning I meet with some wonderful women and this morning we shared on something I think many many women and even men struggle with.  Being perfect.  Our society pushes on us hard on how we should look and how we should act making us feel like we should be striving for perfection and then…

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  • Just Be YOU!!

    Just Be YOU!!

    Why do we spend so much valuable time comparing ourselves to others?  I’ve been seeing a lot of posts through Facebook lately by Lisa Bevere on her new novel “Without Rival” talking about comparison and how we need to be who God has called us to be.  This got me thinking about how often we…

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  • Removing the Mask

    Removing the Mask

    A few years ago I went to a women’s conference doing a message called Unmasked. It was beautiful – which is funny because that was in fact the name of the conference. Beautiful. Simply put, it was about masks we wear. Things we do that hide who we truly are. Not being as real and…

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