For me some days it starts before I even open my eyes. The alarm goes off and the first thoughts breaking through sound something like this: “I’m still tired. I should have gone to bed earlier.”“I need to go to the gym. I should have set the alarm for earlier.”“I want to eat something healthy…
Like most of us, I care about how I look when I go out in public. While I’m perfectly comfortable with no makeup and sweatpants for walking my dogs or running to the grocery store, when heading out to face the world I usually try a little harder. So when I learned that I had…
The voice of shame is a harsh taskmaster. For some, it whispers, for others, it shouts. It knows exactly what to say and how to say it to make the biggest dent in our hearts. And no matter how it speaks to you and me, the message is always the same: You are a failure,…
Discovering and nurturing the things that make our hearts beat faster isn’t just good for us personally. Pursuing our passions is a way of life that’s also good for our relationships. I know what it’s like to ditch your passions for a season. I loved being a full-time mom, and I poured all of my…
byJody Lee Cates
Life
Do you ever feel like you’ve got more questions than answers when it comes to your relationships? What if I told you that might be a good thing? That it might even be the key to unleashing more joy in your life and relationships? Finding answers to life’s questions – especially relationship questions – makes…
All of us have moments in our lives we would like to go back and fix. Words we wish we had or hadn’t spoken. Actions we wish we had or hadn’t taken. If we only knew back then what we know now, how different things might have turned out. Of course, that’s not how life…