Women in Purpose

So I wasn’t committed; only involved. This reality hit me like a ton of bricks because I thought all along that I was committed to the work. Committed to making things happen. But as I sought answers about why I was dragging my feet about doing something that would change my life for the better,… Continue reading From Involvement to Commitment

I recently made a promise to be more committed to my health by giving up my devotion to kinds of foods that I’ve had a love affair with for much of my life. So, I endeavored to give them up for about two months, hoping that at the end the taste for these foods would… Continue reading Involved, Not Committed

I recently made a commitment to do something during Lent, which is typically a time of sacrifice.  I decided to give up some foods that had become almost a daily obsession.  I’d struggled to stop eating them over the years and thought it would be impossible to do so for any length of time. I… Continue reading Committed or Involved?

How in the world did I get here? How did self-sabotage become my companion? And how did I not recognize it as the barrier to living a fulfilled life? Years of practice, no doubt. The most likely reason is that I’ve been at it so long that, I no longer had insight into the myriad… Continue reading Self-Sabotage: How Did I Get Here?

It was an eye opener to realize that I had quietly and unassumingly adopted a habit of sabotaging my efforts to be successful, which played out not only in my efforts to lose weight but to be successful in other areas of my life. This revelation played out in my longtime habit of procrastination and… Continue reading Stop the Madness: Sabotage be Gone!

I call it the Awakening — when something hidden becomes is revealed and you can’t deny it.  I learned something about myself recently. And although I may have known about it for awhile, I had not quite articulated it in such a startling way.  For years I’ve struggled with my weight and after seeing my… Continue reading The Awakening

Ok – so you’ve been assigned a project but you have no idea where to start. Or whether you have the ability to do it. Perhaps, it is outside the scope of what you normally do and does not align nicely with your abilities. Granted, you’ve done something similar but not e-x-a-c-t-l-y. You’re ready to… Continue reading Stretched for Capacity

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 3:13-14 It’s amazing how much time we spend dwelling on the… Continue reading What I Know Now: The Past Has Passed

The reality of the moment on any given day is that temptation is just around the corner. And in some cases, in the same room. Sometimes, as close as your refrigerator. So close that many of us are one… single… step away from making a choice that would compromise who we are. This passing thought… Continue reading What I Know Now: We Are All One Step Away From Temptation