Communic8, Currents, Self

Get to Know You Quickly Quiz

No Comments 04 May 2012

Use this post as a tool to get to know someone very quickly. Ford or Chevy? Coke or Pepsi? Chocolate or Vanilla? North or South? Protestant or Catholic? Hot or Cold? Morning Person or Night Person? Shy or Outgoing? Optimistic or Pessimistic? Fight or Flight? In a Hurry or Laid Back? On Time or Always [...]

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A Write Resolution–Part II or 20 Things to Jump Start Your Writing Career

5 Comments 03 January 2012

Yesterday, I challenged you to write as part of your New Year’s resolution. Whether you journal, pen poetry, jot down novel plots on a napkin at Starbucks or write your 100,000-word memoir, writing cleanses the mind and soul through introspection and allows you to escape. If you’re serious about trying to publish your work, read [...]

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Advice Column, Communic8, Self

A Write Resolution–Part I

9 Comments 02 January 2012

New Year, new you, right? Or, at the very least a fresh start on some aspect of your life as you commit to some change or resolve to try something new. May I suggest writing? Perhaps I’m partial to the career that has brought me great pleasure and pain at various times in the decade-long [...]

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Communic8, Self

To Do or Not to Do–That Is the Question

1 Comment 01 December 2011

Want to slice through your To Do list in half the time? Do FIRST the thing (or things) you dread the most. No, I haven’t researched this—other than in my own personal life. No, I haven’t polled other folks or studied people’s habits. No, I don’t have massive amounts of data to support my hypothesis. [...]

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Thrive It Up!–Part III

6 Comments 18 September 2011

To prep for my new Mission Everything-Is-Possible-with-God, I’ve studied some thrivers to see how they think, act, and live. Mostly unbeknownst (Is that an awesome word or what? It has two prefixes and two suffixes. Probably a grammatical record.) to these people, I’ve observed their attitude and behaviors. I long to be more like them. [...]

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Communic8, Self

Thrive It Up–Part II

3 Comments 17 September 2011

Yesterday we introduced the idea of thriving it up, which basically means resting in the calm assurance that God really does know everything about our lives and is capable of handling whatever comes our way. Contrary to popular belief, we don’t have to try harder—in fact, what we really need to do is stop trying [...]

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I belong. To God, to Bret (my husband of 23 years), and to my precious children—Charlie, Molly & Reese.

I’m blessed. To speak, write, edit and market for a living.

I’m called. To thrive in life—to find contentment where I am and with what I have.

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