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Self-esteem, Insecurity, and a World Desperate For Significance

ANNOUNCING the Official Release of "I Am"

It’s been more than six years since my insecure self first opened a Word document and typed the words

I am …

The cursor blinked while I waited for inspiration. Clearly, the sentence wasn’t finished. I needed more. But what camenext?

Perhaps I couldtalk about my relationships, the people who called me “wife” and “mom.”

Or I could mention my business, the speaking I loved and my independent,entrepreneurial bent.

FOOD. Yes! I could talk about my lov...

Fashion Issues, Girl Drama & the Longing To Be Beautiful

The secret to real beauty

She stomped and stewed all the way to the bus stop. And sheda few tears too, no doubt. She was frustrated, which made my littlest fireball madder than a hornet. She can’t stand it when life doesn’t go her way. And this particular morning, much to her devastation, she couldn’t find A THINGto wear.

Yep. Her’s was a fashion-fueled anger. She may be only fifty pounds and nine years old, but she can get herself in quite a tizzy when she feels her wardrobe choices aren’...

The One Resolution You Need More than All The Others

He bounced into the kitchen with a double dose of his usualenthusiasm and optimism. Good heavens. It was far too early for both.

Guess what, Mom!

I couldn’t imagine. His head still sported some impressive bedhead. Seriously impressive.

You decided to forego personal grooming?

He didn’t find my answer amusing.So I conceded to his little guessing game.

I don’t know. What? I waited. This was going to be good.

I’ve decided on my New Year’s resolution. I’ve decided that for the next year, I’m...

How Boundaries With my Son Overwhelmed Me

A Guest Post by Kathi Lipp

We’re now just three short weeks from the release of I Am: A 60-day Journey to Knowing Who You Are Because of Who He Is . Things are ramping up here, and boy, do we have some amazingsurprises for you! In the meantime, I’m thrilled to be able to introduce you to the author of today’s guest post, Kathi Lipp. Kathi is a well-loved speaker and author of more than 15 books (and somehow I’ve managed to snag her as a friend. BAM.). Today she’s talking about THE OVERWHELM...

FREE Resources to Help You Thrive In Your New Year

Happy (almost) New Year, friends! We’re now just three days away from kicking 2016 to the curb and welcoming 2017. Maybe, like me, you’re feeling a strange mixtureanticipation and hesitation aboutwhat’s ahead. So many unknowns, and with “unknowns” comes a sense of apprehension and loss of control. I get it, and I happen to hate that out-of-control feeling. Probably because the truth is that much of life is, in fact, out of our control. But what if there were a couple things you and I could...

For Those Who Wonder If They’re Enough {VIDEO + FREE Invitation}

Do you ever struggle with feeling good about yourself?

Come on now. Tell the truth. No need to appear more confident than you really are. Maybe the source of your dissatisfaction is your appearance or a hard relationship. Or perhaps a struggling career or dwindling dream. Regardless of the source, your dissatisfaction leaves you feeling “less than.” You take stock of the beauty and talents and achievements of those around you and you think, “I’ll never measure up. I’ll never be enough.”

No...

Who Will Fill Your Empty?

Four days filled me up to overflowing.I thought I would burst from the happiness of it.

We do this once a year, these friends of mine and I. We find a place to gather, block off time (which is often far more difficult than it should be), buy plane tickets, secure babysitters, and fly from four different locations in the United States to have four days of business planning, brainstorming, spiritual diving and face-to-face relationship. It’s my human slice of heaven. It fills me on so many l...

Who Will Fill your Empty?

Four days filled me up to overflowing.I thought I would burst from the happiness of it.

We do this once a year, these friends of mine and I. We find a place to gather, block off time (which is often far more difficult than it should be), buy plane tickets, secure babysitters, and fly from four different locations in the United States to have four days of business planning, brainstorming, spiritual diving and face-to-face relationship. It’s my human slice of heaven. It fills me on so many l...

Saving Yourself from the Identity Spiral

Shock. That’s the only word to describe what I felt when I learned what my child had done. I couldn’t believe it, couldn’t wrap my mind around the truth. Surely not. There must be a mistake. Only there wasn’t. The buffer of shock wore off and reality hit. I cried, of course. One of those […]

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We Need You: Join the I Am Launch Team!

I am … I typed those words on my laptop minutes after leaving a sweet circle of high school girls. Every week we met as a small group, to share life, laughand study a little bit of the Bible. I loved those girls as my own, saw so much of myself in them. Which is […]

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