Prepare! It’s the season of preparation! Before Thanksgiving, I chose to do a quick ten-day challenge towards health. I did really well for a week and then when I started baking for Turkey Day, I fell off the “sugar, potatoes, and carbs cliff”. Without even knowing of...
Fishing anchors  As a frequent traveler, the metaphor of anchoring is a powerful one for me and my work. Maybe it’s because BK (before kids), my hubby and I used to fish and anchors made me nervous. Sometimes, they’d come loose—what if we drifted somewhere...
I. Fearful. Victim. I had an experience that left me feeling traumatized. The first thing my mom asked as I was sharing was, “Why? Why would God allow this?” And that question allowed me to start healing. There must be a lesson here for me to learn—maybe tolerance of...
I survived 24+ hours in a van with 5 teenagers and 2 other adults. We traveled to the American Quarter Horse Congress to compete in a knowledge competition about everything equine. The kids fundraised hard for this adventure. As their coach, I was as excited as they...
Push and Pull What is a parent’s role? As I help one of my kiddos study business and marketing, we discussed the concepts of push and pull, as it relates to the internet world. Do you get notifications pushed to you? Do certain sites pull information from you? Let’s...
What kind of combination is that? Well, when a 17-year-old young man is scheduled to carry the American Flag in the Grand Entry of the State 4-H Horse Show, Woo Woo and horses is what you’re willing to explore, when the horse comes up lame the week before the big...
What gets your cortisol and adrenalin coursing through your system? I drove six teenagers four hours to a knowledge competition about horses. One portion involved the kids being in the arena with four horses and "judging" them based on movement, conformation, etc....
Habits can be hard to change. Yet, humans are capable of deconstructing and reconstructing habits every day of our lives. It’s a lot like a kitchen remodel. The tools appeared in the kitchen. I itched to prove to myself that I could remove tile. Education came first…I...
Hubby and I agreed long ago to not be animal owners. Then there were kids. A few years into parenting, animals joined the family. As with anything, there is life and there is death. Both are filled with learning opportunities. Bunnies, Dog, Chickens, and Horses...
Two months ago I wrote a blog setting some public goals. Re-evaluating Goals Writing More. I did in fact publish more than four articles in the last two months. Yeah! Exploring Technology. I made my first Facebook Live video AND I came up with a new idea for...
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