When you're doing something new, thoughts of fear come in that can be absolutely paralyzing.

• You have no idea what you're doing.

• You don't belong here.

• You'll never get through this.

• Someone's going to get hurt.

• No one will care about this.

• This will be an epic failur

  ...

When something in your life isn't working, you have some options:

1. Suffer in silence
2. Try to fix it
3. End it completely
4. End it as you know it

Suffering in silence is never a good idea. No one deserves that, and nothing good comes of it in the long run. It might feel like the easiest path for no...

For some people, free-falling through the sky is a major phobia. 

For others, it's a genuine thrill.

The difference? 

1. Story
2. Equipment and preparation
3. Support

Telling yourself that free-falling through the sky (period) equals certain death will surely lead to phobia -- with good reason! Free-fa...

I watched an Instagram reel tonight of a woman expressing some very strong opinions about text messaging. She questioned why she feels guilty and apologizes for not texting back right away, when she never gave consent to be available at all hours of the day.

Her question made me think... "Huh. What e...

Sunday, July 13, marked 15 years since I first started my business. I had been working in a position that I had outgrown, and I was so afraid to be a "quitter." 

My dad played a big role in helping me finally take the leap. He had heard me talk about this big decision, and he knew what I really wante...

A wise coach (who happens to be my uncle) shared a lesson with me yesterday that his dad taught him back in his teen years: "We don't have to practice misery." The example he gave was, "When you hit your thumb with a hammer, you feel miserable. You don't have to keep hitting your thumb."

In other wor...

Sometimes "something bigger" looks like going all in on your dreams; 

Sometimes it looks like scaling back to make room for the essentials. 

Sometimes it looks like having a tough conversation;

Sometimes it looks like pausing to enjoy a sunset.

"Something bigger" looks different for each of us, at each ...

We had a few very hot days this week at the Ironroad house. The downstairs A/C unit stopped working, and the outside temperatures were in the upper 90's. Not a happy time.

I knew we needed to call the repair company, but I dreaded the news we'd receive after the diagnostic. In my mind, we were lookin...

I've written about baby steps before... how they're meant to be small and wobbly, and that's a beautiful thing. But today I have some different kind of steps on my mind, which are just beyond the baby ones. For this post, I'm thinking about toddler steps.

This topic was inspired by an adorable little...

I watched something really touching yesterday at a neighborhood pool party. 

Our friends have a pool with a diving board, and the kids (+ a couple of dads) were all taking turns jumping into the water. One dad walked a little girl up to the diving board line, strapped tightly in a pink life jacket wi...

I shared in yesterday's post that I went and spoke at a camp for teenage girls in my church this week (remember? Before coming home to a chewed-up shoe? I'm not still bitter...).

It was a powerful experience that I feel I want to share.

I was invited to speak about Divine Identity, and they gave me m...

I recently started taking voice lessons, because I got tired of feeling like I was holding back when I sang. I felt like there was so much more I could do, but didn't know how to break out of where I was. 

In my first lesson, my coach (who is amazing, by the way) taught me 2 things that have helped h...