A Prayer To Cease Comparing

Lord, from the outside it looks like everyone’s lives are put together and mine is the only one falling apart. Jesus, help me to honour what I have been given, to cease comparing and give my attention to the people you have given me to love. Let me stop worrying about the rest. Holy Spirit, breathe…

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Meaning In A Digital Age

When I was young the trending home decoration was a bowl of perfect fruit…made of plastic. I first encountered this after our missionary family returned from the Congo where we loved fruit. Needless to say, I eagerly grabbed for a delicious looking grape to my mother’s horror. She gracefully leapt from her chair, grabbed my…

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Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy

Last week my husband drove to the nearest Walmart and bought himself a flip phone.  Yes – you read that correctly, an actual flip phone from 2003. He sent me a selfie as soon as he left the building. It was dark, I could hardly tell what the photo was of and it was terribly…

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Four Things Female Leaders Need To Realize

When I started my business in 2008, I began looking for a female business mentor. I knew I wanted to connect with someone who had navigated the seas before me, balancing a healthy marriage, family life, work, and the unique challenges facing women who lead. I came up empty-handed but I was determined and kept…

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Don’t Be An Alien

I was horrified the day our first child bit someone and, needless to say, I reacted in shock and disappointment. His adorably chubby baby face stared up at me as a pout replaced his smile and tears began trickling down his face. Unaware of what he had done wrong, he began crying not because of…

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Letting Go Of The Old Frees Up Our Hearts

Letting go of the old frees up our hearts to embrace God’s new for us. My favourite season is Fall – I love jackets, hot coffees, and the smell of leaves on the ground. It’s a bitter sweet feeling though; because stepping into Fall requires me to let go of all the warm memories that…

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Taking On New Beginnings

 Taking On New Beginnings  Here in Canada, our landscape has begun to change and the trees prepare for winter’s arrival. As the cold ebbs in, the leaves will change from green to vibrant red, orange or yellow, setting each tree in a blaze of colour before they fall, blanketing the ground below. The spectacle often…

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Embrace Change Like A Champ

Change is hard on some level for all of us. Whether we resist change with all our might, or we are more open to try new things and enjoy those feelings of adrenaline that it brings, we all struggle with change. One of the main reasons for that is because we have become an expert…

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I Know I’m Not Alone

What an honor and privilege it was to be a guest on See Hear Love! I’m not going to lie, I was SO nervous about the experience!  Not only have I never been on TV, but I have only minimally shared about my journey with Bipolar. When I was diagnosed with Bipolar in 2009 and…

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The Struggle Is Real

“I feel like I’m going crazy!” “You’re insane!” We’ve all said something like this before—to ourselves and to others. With life’s pressures—demands from work, assignments from school, everything (good and hard) about our family and friends, sudden last-minute occurrences, unforeseen tragedies, bills to pay—we’ve also feltlike we’re actually going crazy. The solution, often, is to…

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