“I do think you have to choose happiness, because it’s YOUR life. You are in control of your own personal happiness. I could lay in bed sick and angry, or I could choose to laugh . . . and make a happy…
Emily Nelson: Empowering Yourself to Become the Best Version of You
“Come and give your all. Don’t say, ‘I want to look this way . . .’ but, ‘I want to become the best version of myself.’” Emily Nelson is one of the most high-energy women I’ve ever met. And she…
Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife || Approval Seeking vs. True Goodness, How to Do Things for the Right Reasons
“Many of us resist developing ourselves into our own unique expressions of Godliness, of humanity, because we fear the exposure, and the risk, and the potential invalidation that comes through doing that . . . If that is the only…
Fitness: How to Use It, Not Abuse It
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…
