This is the first post in a three-part series about discouragement. I’m taking you on my journey of how I’ve moved past finding my worth in my work, and what the gift of discouragement can teach us. The other day, I went to brunch with two of my good friends, Jan and Jennifer. It made […]
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What Every Achiever Should Ask Herself
I was born an Achiever, someone who needs outside approval that can only come from an inside source, my Jesus. Sadly, I believed that my worth is found in what I do, not in whose I am. You probably remember this translated itself into my crazy goal of losing baby weight with my second born. […]
Stop Fearing, Start Resting
For quite some time, my life was shaped much more by fear than it was by resting in Jesus. With our second child, I took a very hardline approach to losing the baby weight. I ate 1,000 calories a day, and worked out seven days a week. I did all this while caring for a […]
To those who want to stop striving, but don’t know how
My dad is an Olympic-lover, which means that if the Olympics were on, we were watching. (Where are all my ’80s friends that remember life without a DVR?) After watching the 1984 Summer Olympics, I went to our front yard and pretended that the curb was a balance beam. In my mind, I was Mary […]