We all know the amazing benefits of exercise: mental acuity, emotional release, increased strength, more consistent metabolism, confidence, and on and on. But we don’t often talk about the effects of abusing exercise, a trap we can all so subtly…
Camille Andros: Starting Small, Achieving Big
“The preparation will meet your opportunity, and that is when you can have success. So, you need to work really hard and be ready for when you get that chance, because you never know when it’s going to come.” Camille…
Jeni Awerkamp: Valuing Who You Are First, Not What You Do
“It starts with who you are. Then what you do comes so naturally, and so beautifully, that that is respected because you were who you are first.” There is a reason Jeni Awerkamp’s mom called her “Jeni Joy” growing up….
Cara Baldwin || Embracing a New Life After Divorce
“It’s too easy to give in to the thought that ‘Well, this terrible thing happened to me . . .’ But at the end of the day, you write your own story . . . Your life is what YOU…
Sometimes You Don’t Make the Cut
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” ~Winston Churchill We have all been there: you bust your behind trying to reach a goal, you have high hopes, but then you get…
Mark Lukach || Navigating Crisis as a Family
“We didn’t recognize each other, or ourselves. How do you reconcile this? How do you go and redefine how we work together if who we are has taken some pretty fundamental changes?” Mark and Giulia fell in love at 18…
Seth Adam Smith || Sharing a Light in the Wilderness
“Depression loves darkness . . . the only way to fight depression is to bring it into the light.” I’m sure you read that article “Marriage Isn’t For You” that circulated the internet a few years ago. How am I…
Lauren Agostinelli-Gessel || Looking for Blessings Despite Chronic Illness
“God didn’t take it away, but I have felt so many times that he has sent living angels to help me through, time and time again.” Lauren Agostinelli-Gessel has been through more in her young life than most do in…
Andy Proctor || Choosing More Happiness
“There are things you can do to rewire your brain. It’s not going to be fun, it’s not going to be easy. But can you choose to do them? Yes. And will they make your life better even in the…
Fake It ‘Til You Make It
“If you bring forth what is within you, what is within you will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” ~Gospel of Thomas I heard this…
