Fear is sneaky. It likes to shape shift and make you believe that you aren't enough. It steals your light, your excitement, energy and motivation to reach new heights. It taps into your subconscious mind, pulls out "failures" of the past or times you've been ridiculed and makes you believe those…

I took one for the team. I knew at a young age I was different. You too probably. But I grew up in a Catholic family in small town Nebraska where being different wasn't a good thing. When trying my best to fit in wasn't working anymore, I decided I needed to figure…

We all have our own kind of golden handcuffs we wear. And yes, they are golden if you have a roof over your head, food to eat, clean water to drink, a car to drive, and a cell phone in your pocket. You are better off than most people on this planet. And…

I watched a movie, "Military Wives", over the weekend. I could absolutely relate since way back when, I was an army wife myself. It deals with the stresses military men and women leave behind when they are deployed. It shows the realness of how people cope, both in healthy and unhealthy ways. In this…

This little cutie, Kevra, chose me to be her mama, just like all children choose their parents. I spent most of my pregnancy trying to figure out why. She already loved me, before she was born. I could feel it. She has an enormous heart and still loves me "Around all…

A couple weeks ago I felt like I hit the lowest low!   My body felt sluggish, my mind was deep in the murky shadows of doubt, fear and shame, and I did not feel like myself.   It happens to the best of us.   We can all have crap days, take on someone else's…