I have often gone a little crazy with goals, especially as I approach a birthday or the New Year. Recently, I read The Practice by Seth Godin, who helped me see that a lot of the things we set as goals are actually out of our control. They are outcomes to practices and processes, but they are… Continue reading A New Way of Looking at Goals
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Solving Family Problems (Pt 3)
For the last two weeks I’ve been writing about how to solve family problems. The first week I shared the importance of identifying the problem and understanding that problems are a part of life. The second week I wrote about collaborating and finding the right people to collaborate with. Today we bring it all together with… Continue reading Solving Family Problems (Pt 3)
Solving Family Problems pt 2: Collaboration
Last week I shared about the fact that we all experience family problems at some point in our lives. Whether it’s with our parents, our kids, our spouse, our siblings, family problems are inevitable. The first step in any family problem is realizing that we have one and I shared three things to remember about… Continue reading Solving Family Problems pt 2: Collaboration
Solving Family Problems
I was in the kitchen, waiting for Arturo to get home. I was tired, I was frustrated and I was a little short with the kids, which also made me feel guilty. While I’m thinking of a specific moment in time when my kids were all younger, this could be a snapshot of many moments… Continue reading Solving Family Problems
How can you form a good habit?
Last Sunday, our pastor shared a little bit about his morning routine. It included a very specific and meticulous process of preparing his coffee and then taking that coffee to the spot where he spends time in prayer and study. What he was describing is what James Clear calls Habit Stacking in his book, Atomic… Continue reading How can you form a good habit?
My word for 2023
(Last published, 1/1/23) Many of you know that every year I pick a word that is kind of my growth word for the year. Last year’s word was “release.” I did a lot of releasing last year. It’s an ongoing process, but I really felt like I made progress in this area in 2022. This… Continue reading My word for 2023
One thing I’ve learned about loving others…
(Last published Feb 14, 2023 There are a lot of concepts about love and a lot of forms of love. There’s romantic love, there’s fraternal love, there’s friendship love, there’s parental love, etc. But what is love and how do we love? I’m no expert, but here is ONE thing I’ve learned about loving others: … Continue reading One thing I’ve learned about loving others…
3 Things that can help you move forward when you feel stuck.
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve resisted routine. To me, routine was synonymous with boring. And boring meant an uninteresting life. I didn’t realize it then, but I did have routines. All humans do. The question was, did I fall into routines or was I intentional about them? The reality is that an intentional routine leads to success.… Continue reading 3 Things that can help you move forward when you feel stuck.
Fighting Diabetes
(Originally posted 4/08/2023) This week will be 17 years since my mom passed away at 67 years of age from complications of diabetes. She would be turning 85 this year. According to the CDC, approximately 37 million Americans have diabetes, not counting prediabetes. That’s about 1 in 10 people! Approximately 8.5 million people have it… Continue reading Fighting Diabetes
Creating a new ending to a diabetes diagnosis
Creating a new ending to a diabetes diagnosis As some of our readers know, I’ve been giving updates regarding the diagnosis I received in June of 2021, then the reversal of diabetes in October of that year. I try to check it every three months, since, as I’ve mentioned before, blood cells regenerate every three months. My last blood… Continue reading Creating a new ending to a diabetes diagnosis