My triceps are killing me.

I started a new strength training program, and the first 30 days are all about learning "proper form," each day just 5 minutes, with your lightest dumbbells, focused on a single muscle group.

Yesterday, I learned that, of the probably thousands of tricep kickbacks I've done ...

It's an exciting time at our house -- our youngest is about to lose one of her top front teeth! She's been showing everyone how wiggly it's getting (leaning really hard into her teenage siblings' cringes, which is hilarious to watch), and it's at the point now where I think if she sneezes too hard i...

You can get a decent view of the sunrise if you're facing South, but you might wonder where all of the bright colors are. Turn 90 degrees to your left, and all of a sudden, bam! Right there, all along, are the vibrant corals, pinks, purples, oranges, and blues you had hoped to see. 

If we're not gett...

In any important journey, there comes a point where you have to decide between 2 lovers:

Growth or Comfort.

Growth is far less attractive, but can take you to unlimited heights. 
Comfort makes big promises (gradual climb, thornless paths, plenty of snacks), but can't guarantee them.
Neither comes witho...

I was given a fantastic gift this weekend: a new outlook on Sundays. I'll preface by saying that I've historically enjoyed them -- mainly as a change of pace from the regular rhythm. 

But yesterday morning, I had the random thought that I wanted to start really focusing on personal development on Sun...

Each of us is born with remarkable natural gifts that serve as superpowers in our lives and help us make a unique contribution. Additional gifts can (and should) be developed, but these gifts are hardwired in us. Science and philosophy call them lots of different things -- aptitudes, innate abilitie...

I'm in the middle of creating something new, and it's a decision I have felt divinely supported in. Even with this powerful assurance, my mind still cycles back to what I've seen and known in the past, then doubt creeps in, and then I start to sink and choke on the waters of "but what about..." It's...

The last 48 hours at our house could be summed up with 1 word: unexpected.

Nothing major, and a good variety ranging from potentially-amazing to, "Oh wow. That actually happened."

At either end of the spectrum and everywhere in-between, we had expected something different. If we had been clinging to o...

Not going to lie...I've been feeling pretty crummy the last couple of days.

I caught some sort of bug, and I feel like I've been hit by a bus. I forget how amazing healthy feels until it's gone.

It's crazy how a microscopic virus can wreak such havoc on my system. 

It's also crazy how many microscopic...

It's "back to school" day here in Virginia, and last night we bid farewell to the amazing summer break we enjoyed. This was probably my favorite summer we've had so far (more to come in a future post about the details), and it would be bittersweet to say goodbye if I didn't feel like we could build ...

I went to a workshop at a women's conference years ago, on the topic of the power of prayer. During the discussion portion of the presentation, an audience member shared a story of a "lightbulb moment" she had experienced. The simple gem she shared has proven useful to me hundreds (possibly thousand...

Embryos look more like aliens than babies, but we know this is the first phase for every human. We don't doubt that, even though it starts out looking nothing like we envision.

Our creative projects are similar. They start out looking like aliens, with all kinds of potential that we don't see. We wan...