Have you ever found that no matter what “wEiGht” you are, you find yourself either struggling with food, unsatisfied with some area of your body, or feel overwhelmed with pressure to stay skinny after you lost weight (especially if people noticed and made a big deal about it!)? The more women I talk to, theContinue reading “From the Confessional: Eating, Weight and Self-Image”
Category Archives: Getting Real
Can You Relate?
I sat down to clean my indox this week. After reading some recent emails Robynn and I had written to one another, I wondered if you might be able to eMpaThiZe with some of our topics of conversation: Robynn: “I’m procrastinating this morning. For the past several months I feel like I get into aContinue reading “Can You Relate?”
From the Confessional
Has LiFe turned out the way you thought it would? I have to confess that mine is very different than I had “planned”. After we got married I envisioned living in the country, only working from 8-5, and having all the time in the world to play with my kids and make pErfeCt sugar cookies withContinue reading “From the Confessional”
Make your Priorities Convenient
Ever since I started dAtiNg Doug, we have always tried to read a daily devotion from our “Word Among Us” booklet we get every month. I remember how SimPle it was to get this task accomplished in the dating and pre-kid days. There was very little room for excuses on why we couldn’t find a fewContinue reading “Make your Priorities Convenient”
Blessing and a Curse
No matter who you are or where you came from, we all have CharacTerisTics that can serve as a blessing and a curse. Maybe you are GeneRous with money, which could cause you to struggle managing your finances. Maybe you are easy to get along with, but when it comes to standing up to people, youContinue reading “Blessing and a Curse”
My way is the right way!
When I first started dating my husband, he always said something that really stuck with me: “Different strokes for different folks”. It wasn’t as if I had never heard that before, but that day it rang a bell in my mind as to how we should ReSpeCt the way people run their lives. I thinkContinue reading “My way is the right way!”
A Tough Balancing Act
I don’t know how many ConveRsatioNs I’ve had with Robynn about the importance having a good balance in my life. Balancing my business and watching my kids….balancing trying to achieve goals but not letting them consume me…balancing housework, family time and ME time… I have always been a black and white type of person, soContinue reading “A Tough Balancing Act”
Funky Vacation
This week I’ve been in a “funk” that I can’t seem to kiCk. Do you ever have those? We’ve talked or written many times about hitting the reStart button. I’ve been trying to hit the restart button for days now and it has frustrated me because I wake up and my feelings haven’t chaNged. I knowContinue reading “Funky Vacation”
Never Say “Never”
Have you ever caught yourself sAyinG something like, “I would NEVER do that! I would NEVER put myself in that situation or make a decision like that person!” Someone once told me that you have to be careful using the word “NEVER” because often life makes you fAce the things you don’t wish for. Even thoughContinue reading “Never Say “Never””
What If…
After the devastation of the Joplin tornado and all of the threatening weather last week, I can’t help but mention that I’ve had several moments when my MIND began to ponder the “what if’s”. What if I and/or my family doesn’t survive a tornado? Although the chance of us ever being in a tornado are extremelyContinue reading “What If…”
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