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Completely Uncovered
When was the last time YOU sat with all of YOU without rushing to cover, correct or criticize what YOU saw? When was the last time YOU sat with YOURself completely uncovered? And yes, sometimes that means without clothes. When was the last time YOU stood naked before the mirror and did not immediately begin correcting what YOU saw? Not turning sideways. Not pulling in YOUR stomach. Not lifting YOUR breasts. Not quickly reaching for a towel before YOU had to see the scars, stretch marks, softness or places where YOUR body no longer looks the way it once did. When was the last time YOU allowed YOURself to see…
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Some Things Didn’t Fail. They Finished.
Hello, September. 🍂 The ninth month. Nine months into a year that some of us entered with plans, prayers, vision boards, declarations, expectations, and a whole list of things we just knew GOD was going to do. And now here we are. September. Far enough into the year to look back. Still enough year left to look forward. But maybe before we do either, we need to look at what has ended. Because somewhere along the way, we started believing that if something ended, it must have failed. If the relationship ended, we failed. If the friendship changed, somebody must have done something wrong. If the business idea didn’t become what we imagined,…
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Recalibrating YOUr GPS
When was the last time you recalibrated your GPS? Not the one in your car. Not Apple Maps. Not Google Maps. Not Waze. I’m talking about the one attached to your soul. The GOD-powered system. The one responsible for guiding your purpose. The one connected to God. It’s funny when you think about it. We will hop in a car headed somewhere we’ve never been, type an address into a device created by people, and follow it without question. Turn left. Okay. Take the next exit. Sure. Merge right. Got it. We don’t stop every five minutes asking Siri if she’s qualified. We don’t demand credentials. We don’t ask Google…
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After the Rain
In the midst of the storm, we seek shelter. Well…most of us. I remember as a child when there was a tornado warning. My mom was adamant that we stay away from the windows. Me? I was waiting to see it. I’ve always been fascinated by tornadoes, twisters, hurricanes, and storms. To this day, Twister remains one of my favorite movies. Maybe it was because chaos already felt familiar. Maybe the wreckage was something I understood long before I had the words to explain it. Because if I’m honest, that’s what my insides often felt like. Torn apart by things that entered my life so quickly I didn’t have time to catch…
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Still People Pleasing?!
People pleasing at its core is not about being nice. It’s not even really about other people. It’s about managing other people’s emotional states so you can feel safe. Read that again. It’s a regulation strategy. A way of controlling the environment so that conflict doesn’t erupt, disappointment doesn’t land, anger doesn’t get directed at you. It’s a constant low-grade monitoring of the room…reading faces, adjusting tone, shrinking or expanding depending on what the moment seems to demand.
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She was Never the Problem
So she made herself smaller. Not because she was small…Never that! But because the people who were supposed to protect her taught her that shrinking was the price of staying safe. They loved her in ways that left marks.
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PurPOSE: The Position You’re Standing In
Purpose gets dressed up a lot. We talk about it like it’s a destination… a title… a grand reveal. But what if purpose is quieter than that? More embodied. More positional. Have you ever thought about the pose you’re standing in with intention? Not purpose as a goal—but purpose as a stance. Pose. Two definitions stopped me in my tracks: 1. To assume a particular attitude or position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn. 2. A way of behaving adopted to give others a false impression. That second one? Whew. That one made me pause. Because if we’re honest… most of us know how to pose. We know…
