Sorry/not sorry for the formal sound of this blog. I wrote this for school and am not going to take the time to re-engineer it, or I’ll never post it. Enjoy whatever insights you may get from it. I basically binge-read The Congruent Life (Thompson, 2000) yesterday (I have a few pages left) and loved being immersed in it! I have so many thoughts about it that I don’t know where to start. So here go my ramblings on just a few of the many concepts that clicked with me by reading

Many people whose husband has left the church have shared with me that they have noticed that he starts treating them like they’re less intelligent because they have faith in the gospel. If you’ve had this happen, you know what I mean. You may get statistics quoted to you, or church history, or LGBTQ issues, or the idea that you blindly follow old white guys. Maybe he suggests that you use the church as a crutch because you can’t face reality. You may even get the – seemingly

Once upon a time, I was asked to write a list of what I wanted. So I did. To buy new clothes To speak on stage with one of my coach mentors To be debt-free A coaching business etc. I wrote many things that I hoped for, set goals for, or dreamed of. I challenge you to do that same. Stop right now, set the timer on your phone to 3 minutes and write as many things as you can think of that you want. Good work. Then I was asked to write another list. This list changed my perspecti

At the beginning of the month, we looked at three tools to make achieving your goals inevitable. Last week we went into depth on the idea of living from your future self. This week let’s talk about how to keep the commitments you put on your calendar. We’ll figure out what motivates you to accomplish a goal and how to create that for yourself. You’ve chosen your goal – the result you want. You went through your “future me” scenarios last week and decided which future you want

Living from your future self is one of the tools I taught last week for accomplishing your goals. I want to put that into practice this week. I’m going to provide you with four specific exercises that will help you choose your future, create the future you want, and trust your future self to be your guide. Take the time to write out these scenarios. It doesn’t have to take long. I took three minutes for each exercise – so 12 minutes total. Getting words on paper creates clari