Living in our strengths and passions to make the world a better place is ultimately satisfying. Under this category, we talk about how to align our lives with our strengths, passions, values and life experience. In short, we talk about how to live our calling.
Little Johnny watches his friends bounce back and forth, up and down on the teeter totter. It looks like fun. So after his friends leave, he tries it. He sits on the seat and jumps, only it’s not going like he saw with his friends. Johnny jumps, grunts and, struggles, and even throws a nice … Read more
I’ve heard conflicting advice about letting your emotions into the decision making process or not. I’ve heard people say that never ever should you let emotions decide anything. And I’ve heard credible folks say that the best decisions are made by listening to your emotions. Observations Most people I bump into in my circles say … Read more
Perhaps you have a goal, and perhaps you’ve had this goal for years. You work at the goal, you make some progress, and then you regress only to work more at the goal. The goal seems really hard. Maybe it’s weight loss, or maybe it’s your overall fitness, or maybe you’ve had this financial goal … Read more
There’s an epidemic going around. I’ve caught it too. It’s the great telling disease. This is the disease where we think we can teach and influence people by telling them something. We think, “If I just tell them this great information I know, they’ll have a break through.” Then we languish in frustration as no … Read more
I, Rena, was recently interviewed for an awesome podcast, Coming Out of the Fire. I share about being sexually abused by my uncle. It’s a powerful and frank discussion (don’t worry, we skipped the gory details). We really did get to explore the impact it made on me. You can click here to listen to … Read more
Imagine you are on this side of a great chasm. I am with you. I take you by the hand and lead you through the trees. We approach the large chasm. It is wide and it’s not possible to see the other side. It is obscured by fog and darkness. There is a bridge. It … Read more
I’ve heard this phrase before, “Hurt people hurt people,” and when I heard it, I always thought it was talking about somebody else. I now know that we are often blind to the hurts that we are creating. I now understand that this phrase isn’t talking about in general terms that people accidentally hurt each other occasionally. The … Read more
You might say, “Today is a bad day,” or “Today was a good day.” What makes it a good day or a bad day? My guess is that it would be something like this: if your boss was short with you or yelled at you, if your friend skipped out on your lunch appointment, if … Read more
Often I see people emphasize quality, which is great. Yet I think people are confused about how quality is created. People emphasize quality over quantity. “I’ll won’t spend a lot of time with my kids. I’ll just make sure the time I do spend is quality time.” “We don’t want to spend time rewriting or … Read more
