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Sharing thoughts on behavior design, strengths, & wellbeing. 

What's On Your Playlist? emotional wellbeing physical wellbeing

Listen. Do you hear it? There's a soundtrack in your life. It follows you wherever you go streaming just below the surface. Can you name that tune?

Maybe you’ve become so accustomed to...

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The Real Reason Getting Healthy Is So Hard & How To Overcome It emotional wellbeing physical wellbeing spiritual wellbeing

Have you ever blamed yourself for not eating well, exercising consistently, or having a body you just can’t seem to love? Me too. And, there’s a reason we share this struggle.

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The Power of Community (or Why It Takes a Village) relational wellbeing

Community. This singular thing for which we were created evokes a strange mixture of complicated joy, fear, and pain. But, when you harness it’s power, you can do the...

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What To Do When You’re Ridiculously Stuck emotional wellbeing

Have you ever been stuck? I mean really, truly stuck? Getting stuck is a certainty, but staying stuck is not. 

I had my most embarrasingly stuck moment on a cold, dark,...

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A Behind the Scenes Look at it Began in the Garden emotional wellbeing physical wellbeing spiritual wellbeing

What's on your bucket list? Climbing a mountain? Skydiving? Running a marathon? One of my own ambitions was much tamer. And I'm getting ready to cross it off my list. But it didn't come easy.

I'm...

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Are You Prepared For The Unexpected? emotional wellbeing relational wellbeing

My mom once said people could tell me anything and I could just sit calmly, nodding my head, and say “Uh, huh. Tell me more…”. This ability was about to be put to the test.

I was...

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How Do You Connect With God? habits relational wellbeing

Do you struggle with traditional spiritual practices? Does reading your Bible, spending time in prayer, or having any kind of "quiet time" with God feel like a monumental hurdle? There may be a...

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Sometimes We Need Jesus With Skin On relational wellbeing spiritual wellbeing

Christ is enough for me. These were the words of a worship song we sang in church this weekend. But if this was true, why did I feel so lonely?

Do you ever get in one of those moods? Those...

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Who’s On Your Life Team? emotional wellbeing relational wellbeing

We were never meant to make it alone. In health. In faith. In relationships. So why do so many of us live as soloists instead of duos?

I, for one, am guilty as charged. I can spend too much time...

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Are You Putting Lipstick On A Pig? physical wellbeing

Have you ever tackled a kitchen renovation? Or do you dream of one? Though the results can be stunning, the exterior beautifications are just a cover-up if we forget about what lives in...

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Where Joy & Pain Collide emotional wellbeing spiritual wellbeing

Have you ever noticed the fine line between a joyful moment and a sorrowful one? Do you ever find yourself ping-ponging between the two at lightening speed? I just lived that kind...

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How To Write The Script For A Better Tomorrow emotional wellbeing physical wellbeing relational wellbeing

I've been thinking a lot about stories lately. Yours and mine. And how the two intersect. Though we can't change the story that's unfolded so far, we can influence the next chapter.  

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