Depression and anxiety are not a disease. 

I love this quote from Dr. Caroline Leaf. “Depression and anxiety are not a disease.  It’s an experience of the mind in response to circumstances, trauma and abuses.” Dr. Caroline Leaf Dr. Leaf is a physician who does much work on the brain, its function and ability to change.  She has written some wonderful books […]

Peek Into My Coaching Program for a Free Lesson!

I have something special for you I recently went through my 12 Week Transform Your Trauma into Peace Coaching Program and updated it with some nice changes.  This revised Program is ready for release.  As a gift I want to share the First Week’s Lesson with you. Sometimes the word “trauma” intimidates people for a […]

I Liked Lawrence Welk … Not Alice Cooper!

When we have experienced major trauma in our life especially as a child, we can lose our identity or the person we were created to be.  We will make decisions based on who we “think” we should be and not who are were “created” to be.  It’s so easy for us to “lose ourselves.” We […]

What Has You Stuck or Paralyzed?

I love reading the stories in the Bible of what the Israelites went through to get from bondage to freedom.  There is so much we can learn from their experiences.  One of their major experiences that I glean much from is the time the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt and how God delivered them.  […]

Is Life NOT a Bowl of Cherries?

Cherries are one of my favorite fruits.  I could literally eat this whole bowl in one sitting and need restraint to stop myself.  Are you a cherry lover like me?  If you are not, you might ask what is so wonderful about cherries?  Well, you can find two different types … tart or sweet. I […]

Clear the Clutter In Your Mind!

For almost 10 years, I worked helping women remove the clutter from their home or office.  It was so rewarding to see a room being transformed to a place of peace and joy.  Many times, clients would call me at the end of the day to tell me how wonderful it felt to sit in […]

When it Seems Like God is Silent!

Are you currently in circumstances that are difficult, troubling and overwhelming and you have been praying for God to take them away but to no avail?  Day after day you cry out to God, and nothing seems to change.  How about “renewing your mind” to what God may be doing through you.  Give this a […]

Could You Benefit From Having a New Relationship?

Could you benefit from having a new relationship?  But not just any relationship … the ultimate relationship! Have you ever found yourself in the cycle of “why?”  You ruminate over your why questions only to feel like you are like a hamster on a spinning wheel.  “Where are you, Lord?  Why does this keep happening […]

Are You Without Vision?

Are you without a vision for your life?  Don’t stay in the place of confusion, spiritual blindness or being stagnate.  God does have a plan and a purpose for you, and it doesn’t mean it needs to be something magnificent.  Your calling and purpose could be being a mom, a cashier, a waitress or even […]

Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress and Damage to Your Body!

What is Free Radical Oxidative Stress and how is it affecting your body? Oxidation happens in our body when we take the oxygen we breath and pass that oxygen to our cells to produce energy.  Free radicals are also produced from this process.  Free radicals are normal and necessary to some degree as they can […]