"When Life Throws You In The Mud, Plant Yourself And Grow."When I wrote those words as I crafted my first book, This is How We Grow, I was definitely in the mud. In fact, I'd often say it felt like I was "knee deep, thick in...
I've been offline for the past several weeks. I had intended to be diligently working on my latest book, building new online courses, speaking, and spending as much time as possible enjoying summer break with my kids. But life happened, again, and changed my path...
There’s something about January and another new year that gets my personal growth juices flowing. I just love the meaning of this time of year—the idea of hope and renewal, of a second (or fiftieth) chance, of the unrealized potential just waiting to be tapped...
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” ~Helen Keller When you look at your future, what do you see? Do you see yourself growing and becoming the person you've always desired to be? Or are you clinging so tightly to negative...
This Is How We Grow Blog Hop 2013: 10 Ways I Choose to Grow Each Day My family and I have been through our share of rough times. In 2007, my sister and brother-in-law died, we inherited our two young nephews, and I gave birth to our...
What does personal growth look like for you? I asked this on my facebook page yesterday, and here are some of the answers I received: "Personal growth looks like, not giving up. Sometimes I get down on myself when I feel I am just not measuring up,...
Fear prevents good. That’s what I’ve learned. It’s an inhibitor. It stops us in our tracks. It keeps us from doing the things that might be really good for us. Fear Doesn't Prevent the BAD; It Prevents the GOOD. But most people have it backwards. They think,...
The 3 Steps of Creating “When you are in the orientation of the creative, life is often interesting, exciting, and special. This is not because creators try to be interested in whatever they are doing, but because they are involved in life on a level where...