The Fireworks Aren’t Outside. They’re Inside.

When we think of fireworks, we usually picture celebration right? Bright colors. Loud explosions. A moment that captures everyone’s attention. Human emotions can be a lot like that. But unlike the fireworks we watch in the sky, these…

Finding Peace When Emotions Feel Explosive

​There are moments when life seems to pile on challenge after challenge until our emotions feel ready to explode. Anger, frustration, fear, and disappointment can build beneath the surface, like pressure in a sealed container. If left unchecked,…

Emotions can be like fireworks

The month of fireworks to celebrate independence is upon us. Fireworks can be beautiful, awe inspiring, and loud – just like our emotions. Beautiful emotions like love, caring, and joy create a sense of peace and comfort in our soul. Others…

What Makes You Lose Track of Time?

When you hear the word zeal, what do you think of? I used to think it meant endless energy, nonstop enthusiasm, and enough caffeine to keep a small army awake. Then I spent an afternoon at my desk with a cup of tea and completely lost…

Come Out From Under Your Basket

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. Marian Wright Edelman Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.…

Glow Up

A “glow “or “glow up” is often described as a visible transformation, but at its core, it’s much deeper than appearances. It reflects a shift in energy, mindset, and the way a person carries themselves. When someone is said to be “glowing“…

The Cliff That Wasn’t There

Faith is hard. Why? Because it’s hard to have faith in something you can’t see, touch, or prove. You might feel it in your heart… but your brain? Your brain has opinions. And it will happily try to talk you out of the very thing your…

Expecting This?

The date had been secured, airline tickets bought, plans were made. Specific plans made by me alone. I had visions of how this trip would evolve – the deeper relationship with my travel buddy! And I shared my visions with my walking buddy…

Hope

Hope is a quiet, almost invisible force. It cannot be held, measured, or proven in any physical sense, yet, it shapes the way people move through the world. Unlike concrete things, hope does not exist in objects or places – it lives entirely…

Balance, Blisters, and Being Humbled by an 80-Year-Old

I’ve been walking for a few months now. Not because I suddenly turned into one of those people who loves exercise. Nope. In fact, I used to joke that I was allergic to exercise. ​(Used to… for those of you who know words have…