Feeling Unmotivated? This Could Be the Underlying Reason Why

Feeling Unmotivated? This Could Be the Underlying Reason Why

Are you feeling demotivated or discouraged, particularly when it comes to setting goals, planning, or dreaming, and you’re just not sure how to get your zest for life back?

If so, it could be that there is unfinished business—perhaps unresolved grief, a damaged relationship, or a disappointed dream—that needs attention…

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20 Life-Changing Things I've Learned Since the Turn of the Millenium

20 Life-Changing Things I've Learned Since the Turn of the Millenium

New Year’s Eve 1999: I’m spending the night at my best friend Tricia’s house, counting down the hours until the new millennium. We joke about Y2K and wonder what will happen if the computers glitch and the world really does fall apart, as so many fear it might. But being in one of the last time zones on earth to enter the New Year, we pretty much already know nothing is going to happen.

We also speculate about what 2020 will be like…

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When It Looks Like Nothing Is Happening

When It Looks Like Nothing Is Happening

As I laid in bed on a cold November morning, cocooned in my downy white comforter, I contemplated the impending end of another year. Ten months prior, I’d felt God speak the word “Blossom” as my word for the year, but I struggled to see how that word had been fulfilled. This had not been a year of blossoming—at least not in the ways I’d most hoped for…

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When Your Dream Becomes a Disappointment: 5 Ways to Hold on to Hope in the New Year

When Your Dream Becomes a Disappointment: 5 Ways to Hold on to Hope in the New Year

The New Year always feels like a fresh start--a chance to dream big, make plans, and push forward in goals. But I know it can also be a tough time. Maybe from where you're sitting, the future doesn't look so bright and beautiful. Maybe you're facing fears about what's to come or disappointment about what didn't happen in this past year…

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In the Beginning: 3 Principles From the First Year Ever to Set the Stage for Your Best Year Yet

In the Beginning: 3 Principles From the First Year Ever to Set the Stage for Your Best Year Yet

Despite being the dead of winter, January is one of my favorite months. The year lies before me as wide open as the creamy pages of my new calendar. My imagination is free to run wild. The air is full of newness, excitement, and possibilities.

I think one reason new beginnings are so exciting is that they almost always carry an element of creation…

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Holding on to Hope when Your New Year is Dogged by Disappointment

Holding on to Hope when Your New Year is Dogged by Disappointment

I hope your New Year is off to a great start!

I feel like I’ve been in a post-Christmas whirlwind, but I think I’m finding my way back to a more normal rhythm. :)

This week, instead of my normal blog post, I’m sharing an article I wrote that was published in my local newspaper…

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