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I can’t help wondering if there is a direct link between anxiety and introverts. The more I think about it, the more I believe it to be true. And, as a classic introvert, I am of course thinking about it – often.

Introvert Anxiety Triggers – It’s a Thing!

Dec 4, 2017 | adversity, anxiety, Calling, Change, Christian Living, Contentment, Culture, Discernment, Fulfillment, God's Ordering, Healing, Humility, Identity, Inspiration, Introverts, Leadership, Learn, Let Anxiety be Your Teacher, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mental Health, Old Testament, Personal Growth, Purpose, Revelation, Scripture, Service, Shaping, Stress, Taking Risks, Testimony, Trials, Wins, Wisdom, Work Life, YLU17

I can’t help wondering if there is a direct link between anxiety and introverts. The more I think about it, the more I believe it to be true. And, as a classic introvert, I am of course thinking about it – often. A while back, I wrote a post titled “Okay, You’re an...

A quitter knows the straight path can lead to a stale life, a misguided sense of priorities and keep us from becoming who we are meant to be.

Sometimes it Pays to be a Quitter

Aug 28, 2017 | Calling, Change, Christian Living, Culture, Find an Appropriate Kind of Balance, Fulfillment, Idolatry, Job, Leadership, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Purpose, Shaping, Stress, Wisdom, YLU17

Quitter. It’s such a nasty little word. I am sure - like me - when you hear it, you immediately think to the refrains of “quitters never prosper.” Or perhaps, “quitters never win.” That’s advice that is well-intentioned, but perhaps is misguided. Looking back on my...

A balanced life is not an impossible ideal. Here’s some resources on focus, what it takes, and living Biblically while seeking a balanced life.

A Biblically Balanced Life – 7 Posts for Perspective and Wisdom

Aug 21, 2017 | Acts, Christian Living, Colossians, Culture, Find an Appropriate Kind of Balance, Fulfillment, Listening Up, Matthew, Mental Health, Stress, Wisdom, Work Life, YLU17

Gaining and having a balanced life is not an impossible goal. Of course, it’s not easy. It requires a lot of intentional focus and Biblical wisdom. Continuing in our Year of Listening up, here’s 7 resources. They'll show us how to focus, what it takes, and living...

When your life balance is teetering, spiraling, fluctuating, and doing whatever it does for creating unbalanced realities, prayer to the one who restores should be our first action.

The Life Balance Myth and What You Can Do About it

Aug 8, 2017 | adversity, Christian Living, Dreams, Faith, Find an Appropriate Kind of Balance, Fulfillment, Healing, Humility, Listening Up, Mental Health, Obedience, Old Testament, Personal Growth, Prayer, Proverbs, Scripture, Stress, Trials, Tweetable, Wisdom, YLU17

Balance, life balance in particular, is something I am personally pondering during most of my days. It’s something I’m always aspiring toward and am always hoping to achieve for many reasons. Yet balance, life balance in particular, eludes me. I have pursued it in...

How do we find God when “stuff” happens? Look to prayer and wisdom for keeping our focus, faith and fortitude when navigating suddenly darkened chasms.

How to Find God When Your Tunnel Suddenly Darkens

Jun 19, 2017 | adversity, big picture, Calling, Christian Living, Culture, Ecclesiastes, Faith, Fulfillment, Honor, Identity, Leadership, Learn, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mental Health, Personal Growth, providence, Purpose, Regret, Revelation, Service, Shaping, Stress, Taking Risks, Trials, Trust the Engineer When the Train Enters a Dark Tunnel, Wisdom, Work Life, YLU17

The ways we find God is a common theme or trope throughout book, film, television and story in general. Ever notice it’s almost always through tragedy or struggle? You know, some sort of hardship? Though I bet it does happen, I am doubting many people find God...

Baseball players celebrating the momentum effect

Is there a Momentum Effect in Sports and in our Lives?

May 9, 2017 | Change, Christian Living, Create a Future That Defies Present Circumstances, Culture, Faith, Fulfillment, God's Ordering, Hope, Leadership, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mental Health, Movies, Personal Growth, Philippians, Prayer, providence, Shaping, Stress, Taking Risks, Wins, Work Life, YLU17

I’ve heard many sports talk personalities debate the existence of a momentum effect. It’s also sometimes called psychological momentum. Some will swear it exists and then immediately dismiss their credibility by suggesting there are also curses and responses to not...

How to Change Status Quo When Status Quo is Not in Your Favor

May 2, 2017 | Change, Christian Living, Create a Future That Defies Present Circumstances, Faith, Fulfillment, Humility, Listening Up, Matthew, Mental Health, Old Testament, Purpose, Scripture, Stress, YLU17

Sometimes you have to change status quo when things aren’t moving in the right direction. You may be trying to get out of a rut or predicament. Or you could be needing to get past “we’ve always done it that way.” I think about this a lot, mostly because of a scene in...

We put off facing fears for many reasons. Those fears come in many sizes. Here's why facing them allows you to gain small victories that can be hugely rewarding in victory.

Facing Fears… and Trying Not to Throw Up

Oct 3, 2016 | 1Glories, adversity, anxiety, Change, Embrace Small Victories, Fulfillment, Hope, Inspiration, Isaiah, Leadership, Listening Up, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Stress, Taking Risks, Testimony, Trials, Tweetable, Wins

Facing fears can come in various sizes. There can be enormous fears, like getting out of toxic relationships because a fear of being alone outweighs the alternatives. And we can also be facing fears that some may consider silly, like spiders, clowns or traveling too...

God is in the business of giving fresh starts

The Meaning of a Fresh Start and its Impact on Your Story

Aug 22, 2016 | adversity, Darkness, Depression, Faith, Fulfillment, Go from Low to Glow, God's Ordering, Inspiration, Judges, Leadership, Life Seasons, Listening Up, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Purpose, Revelation, Service, Shaping, Stress, The Potter

Let’s talk about getting a fresh start. Before we do that, though, I gotta ask; have you ever felt stuck in “a hole of depression, darkness, doom, anxiety and panic” with no visible way out? I sure have, and that’s the way pastor Louie Giglio described a season of his...

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