Have you ever asked God for an answer to a problem over and over and all you get is silence? Do you ever feel like God isn’t listening to you? Recently, an acquaintance confided in me that she had been asking God for direction in a very difficult situation in her life. She needed to make …
Have you ever tried a new exercise regime in hopes of breaking the boredom of your regular routine? Have you ever decided to try something again that used to be fun, hoping that it will light a new fire under you? Recently, I wrote about how to heal perfectionism by trying something new, having some fun, …
Today I am having an official Coming Out party. It is time to show the world who I am and whose I am. I am tired of hiding parts of myself from the world in fear that some people may be turned off or, heaven forbid, they might not like me. So here it is, …
As the end of the school year approached and a couple of my school-related volunteer jobs were winding down, I started thinking about what additional productive things I could do this summer. I could work on my life coaching business, such as developing new programs and making new contacts. I could attack some cleaning and …
There was a time in my life when it was easy for me to find someone to share my life with- it may not have been a logical or good choice, but I made it anyway. There were seasons of being taken for granted, overlooking red flags, enduring emotional abuse, settling for safe and dependable, even …
In my last blog post, I described how perfectionism can be passed down from generation to generation if allowed to persist. In my own upbringing, blue ribbons in horse shows, A’s in grades and winning in sports were strongly encouraged — and that is putting it mildly. I did pass some of that down to …
“Do it again, do it again, do it again!” my ex-Nazi riding instructor’s voice reverberated in my head until I performed perfectly, jumping my horse over fence after fence until I got it “right”. I was 8 years old. Mr. V. was used to having his charges obey him,spurring them on to win blue ribbons …
These past few days I have been suffering the aftereffects of making some dumb mistakes in my usually very careful gluten-free diet. My whole body has been crying “foul!” since I went away for a retreat in the Alabama countryside. As usual, I brought some items to eat myself, but I did rely on the …
When Vegan Isn’t Gluten Free It is often scary and a challenge to eat out when you have multiple food allergies like me, to gluten, soy, dairy, egg, shellfish and a handful of others. Such was the case the other night when we went to an upscale Indian restaurant called The Clay Pit in Austin, …
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Today was a crazy busy day and I just didn’t have time to go for my walk this morning. By 4 p.m., I didn’t feel like exercising at all. But the little voice was still nagging me, so I did what I sometimes do when I need to exercise and don’t feel like leaving the …
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