Ever step into a room, look around and try to hopelessly remember why you were even there? You can’t even remember your purpose, but you know there was a reason you came. After scrambling through your thoughts, you finally remember that you needed to create a to-do list so you wouldn’t forget something. The… Continue reading
I’ve heard it said that health begins in the kitchen. As much as I relish the idea of my life revolving around the kitchen, let’s not neglect the rest of the house. All of our success in the gym begins at home, but so do our excuses and temptations. It’s time to take ownership of our… Continue reading
Let’s be honest… I make a lot of mistakes. I am clumsy and forget tasks unless they’re in my planner. Also, I miss due dates and always seem to have missed phone calls. Teaching makes it easy for me to pick on myself. There is always more that I can be doing– another lesson plan to… Continue reading
We’ve all struggled to get that last rep in at the gym, wanting to head home to our post-workout snack. It’s hard to stick with anything long enough to see any actual progress. It’s hard to take risks, knowing you could fail and do so looking foolish. Ideally, we have someone there to spur us… Continue reading
Everything about our society tells us to keep moving, to keep getting things done and to to never quit until you finally check off every task that you need to complete before you die. Oh, we see the occasional message that you need to ‘take care of yourself’ or ‘spoil yourself’, but these messages often… Continue reading
For the past year, I have been working as a secondary social studies teacher, a population not known for their tech savvy abilities nor our gym presence. We stay busy throughout the school year and our stack of papers to grade make for a wretched workout partner. This has caused quite a curiosity about my… Continue reading
Let’s be honest for a moment, shall we? Some of the people we follow on Instagram are not close friends, they aren’t family. They are people whose lives look appealing. Or at least the lives they emulate on Instagram. These are people who are brave enough to do all of the things we hope to do or… Continue reading
I have so much chaos in my life, it’s become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they’re wrong. Tom Welling There are certain periods in life when all the… Continue reading
My husband and I have recently returned back to Fort Worth after spending a year in Arlington. Although it’s only a few miles and half an hour away, the atmosphere is different. It’s astounding what the culture of a city can have on your life and we quickly realized that Fort Worth is where we… Continue reading
The United States is blessed, financially, more so than so many other countries. With that blessing comes an aggressive pursuit to have more….. more wealth, more luxuries, more stuff, more of anything and everything. Like so many others bred in an environment that has created a god out of money, and raised in a family… Continue reading
There are many things that leaders do in order to develop as a mentor. I have registered for the Kairos Conference through Gateway Church in Texas–this is an annual conference and is part of their ministry for spiritual healing. I consider myself healed from any emotional trauma from my past, so why would I run… Continue reading
