Sometimes, menopause’s biggest challenges aren’t related to hormones at all. Sometimes, they have more to do with our roles in our lives and families. Case in point: During menopause, more and more of us are gaining membership to the aptly named “Sandwich Generation,” a group marked by its responsibility to
By Heidi McLaughlin – My heart sinks when I hear someone say: “I feel so overwhelmed, overscheduled and fatigued that I am afraid I am bypassing my divine life’s purpose.” Each time I hear the framework of those words, a familiar arrow hits my heart. I know what it feels
By Gina Burgess – Do others get your goat? I overhead a young woman tell my pastor the other night, “I’ve decided he won’t get my goat because I won’t tell him where it’s tied up.” I thought this an amazing decision and very pithy. Which brought a question or
By Jenny L. Cote – I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I’m living, So different now from what it seemed… Now life has killed the dream I dreamed… (From Les Miserables, “I Dreamed a Dream”) I lost my mascara when Anne Hathaway sang
By Barbara Peters – In life, loss is inevitable. How people navigate through a loss is unique and different for everyone. Although no two people grieve the same, it is normal to hurt after a loss—perhaps so deeply that the pain cannot be described. If your partner has had a
Each day is a gift to be opened with expectation, joy, and love – unless you just aren’t a morning person and would rather rip into the day with a scowl as you wipe goop from the corner of your eyes and have no higher hope than to make it
By Nancie Carmichael – My mother-in-law, Betty, is 91 and lives near us in an adult foster home. Sadly, dementia is stealing the twinkle and feisty spirit from her blue eyes. Most days she sits with three other ladies, idly watching a cooking or nature show on television. Sometimes it
By Barbara Peters – As a guest on The Rich Life Show, chatting with host Beau Henderson, I was reminded of the importance of boundaries in a marriage or in a significant relationship. I said that good boundaries make healthy relationships. What does the term boundary mean? A boundary is
It was easy to see that she had a strong work ethic. Carolyn was diligent, punctual and could be counted on, come rain or shine. And, as respectable as her time-clock record showed her to be, even the highlight of a good sales month would quickly fade into the background,
Originally Posted on: Dream Culture I say to you, this morning, that if you have never found something so dear and so precious to you that you will die for it, then you aren’t fit to live.” – Source: A Pep Talk From Kid President to You (click image
By Andrea Sharp – My dog Apollo is amazing! He is a black lab/shepherd mix, with a white mark on his chest in the shape of a cross. Apollo is smart, obedient and loving. He stays beside me no matter where I go. If I go upstairs, Apollo goes with
By Linda Hoenigsberg – It was May of 2001. I would celebrate my fiftieth birthday in two short months. A full year had gone by since I had fallen down the stairs, broken my neck, and had accidentally gotten addicted to pain medication. I had spent much of that year
By Amy Layne Litzelman – “He said to them, Why are you so timid and fearful? How is it that you have no faith (no firmly relying trust)?” Mark 4:40 AMP What are you afraid of? What do you stop short of, or even run from, because of hidden anxiety?
By Joel Boggess – I trust that you were able to release your grip on the status quo and allowed yourself the opportunity to express what is true for you. Amazing things will happen when you are willing to risk vulnerability and be one hundred percent truthful with yourself. (To view
By Rhonda Caudell – In case you are unaware, all families have some skeletons in the closet. Most are eventually brought out in discussion. Thus…there are no perfect people in this world…which leads to imperfect families. In my work and passion, I am exposed to many families. Working with seniors…elderly
By Amy Layne Litzelman – “…You have given me the capacity to hear and obey… I delight to do Your will, O my God.” Psalm 40:6, 8 (Amp) The more I walk in obedience, the more I realize the richness of joy it brings. Not fickle, temporary happiness, but deep
By Lynn Mosher – “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Matt 5:5 NKJV What does meek mean? In general, in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, it means humble, mild, gentle, and so on. The Bible tells us the man of meekness in the
By Dr. Kat Smith – Marriage is a sacred union to which most find after the wedding day is everything other than bliss filled. However, when life takes over after the honeymoon, we simply shift gears and glide into a relationship that provides all the love, care and sex that
By Gina Burgess – This process can be applied to any situation where you need to make an important decision. If you follow these basic steps, you will find yourself making wiser decisions in your professional as well as your personal life. Just remember, Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast
Ever wake up and feel funky? Just not quite yourself. Out-of-sorts. Not bad but not especially good. Or, maybe you’ve spent many years in that state. It’s hard to pin down. It could be discomfort, discontent, or disconnection. Remember, whenever “DIS” is involved (it’s a prefix meaning “to separate”) it’s
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