January 2021

little boy and girl doing puzzle together

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It’s too easy to get too comfortable with what you know and the things that you have going on in your life. After all, being comfortable is awesome. It’s a nice feeling when you get up and know exactly what’s coming your way that day so you can fully prepare for it and breeze through the day. Unfortunately, one little stinker about being so comfortable is that it’s exactly how you can be sure you won’t continue to grow as a person, spouse, parent and leader. Therefore, it’s important that you not let yourself get too comfortable in your comfort zone. An Everyday Example ofRead More →

woman awake at night

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Sleepless Nights…Before Having the Baby? It’s been night after night that you just cannot get those Zzz’s in and you find yourself dragging during the day.  You may have other children at home too and feel like you cannot function and keep up with them because of the sleep you are losing.  Isn’t this supposed to be happening AFTER the baby is born? This is the time we need our rest! I find myself wide awake between the dreaded hours of 2am-4am…lucky me!  I either need to pee, I’m sweating, the baby is having a dance party in my belly, I’m having bad heartburn, myRead More →

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Many people enter the new year with high hopes that turning the calendar will result in their lifestyles magically changing. This year, take a different approach and try not making yourself a new year’s resolution. Don’t Set Yourself Up for Failure I used to be a big fan of making resolutions, thinking that it’s important to keep working at bettering myself. However, I found that the great ideas I had of “working out X times per week” or “drinking less” almost always lost steam once vacation ended and life got back to normal. Does this look like how your exercise resolution usually plays out? AccordingRead More →