I Gave Myself Permission to Play Poorly Well
When the Covid pandemic first shut down the world in March 2020, I was having a personal high. I was in great physical shape. I was running everyday. I felt like I was living my life purpose. I felt so connected to my spirit and to God. I had amazing habits in place that […]
ReadAllowing God to Hold Space for Us
The times I hold space well, is usually directly linked to how much I have allowed God to hold space for me. I used to pray by saying words. I’d list things i was thankful for, ask for what I needed and be done. I’ve probably said years worth of prayers filled with anxiety and […]
ReadMy life changing affirmation
“I am seen. I am okay being seen.” This was not how I felt. My calling was to stand up in front of hundreds of people every week and lead everyone in singing the hymns. Not a big deal, unless you have this belief that you need to completely hide from the world. I hated […]
ReadIn this life everything has it’s opposite
Light and darkness. Health and sickness. Good and evil. Pleasure and pain. These opposites are often viewed as simply positive and negative, but God sees a grander purpose for opposites than we sometimes do. Opposites provide choice and allow us to use our agency. Opposites also provide balance. Opposites provide balance to the universe, to […]
ReadYour Circumstances Don’t Matter
One of my favorite scripture stories that teaches the difference between creating positive vs. creating negative is the story of Nephi and His brothers in the Book of Mormon. This story is the opening scene of the Book of Mormon. It takes place about 600 years before Christ in the city of Jerusalem. The prophet […]
ReadHow I lost 60 pounds!
In 2017 I was 205 pounds and unable to shed the excess weight. Anyone who has tried to lose weight and failed, can likely relate to the shame approach to change. I told myself I was fat and overweight. I shamed myself for not being able to change. I told myself that something was […]
ReadWe Suffer When We Resist Our Uncomfortable Feelings
This is natural…or could I say, this is the Natural Man. We naturally don’t want to feel pain and uncomfortable feelings. But the Lord is inviting us to avoid human suffering by doing the exact opposite and allowing ourselves to feel. Let us taste the bitter so we can know to prize the good. […]
ReadUnity is Possible!
We just need Jesus to come again. We just need Him to come and fix it.Imagine my surprise when I listened to podcast in which the speaker took this same statement and said, “If you think Jesus is going to come again and fix it you’re wrong! We have to build Zion first, and then […]
ReadWinners Know They Will Finish First
I was recently listening to an interview with Lanny Basham, the 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist in Sports Shooting. Lanny had trained hard to go to the Olympics in 1972, by putting in lots of action. He trained for 5-8 hours a day and most certainly the training paid off in going to the Olympics, but […]
ReadGod loves to help us turn things around
He loves to see us use our creative power to turn, especially to see us turn our hearts. Is it any wonder that he uses this invitation of turning many times in the scriptures? The word turn is used nearly 700 times in scripture! We are invited to, Turn away from wickedness Turn towards God […]
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