How to Rely on God for a Paycheck
This is nuts. It’s 1:00 am and I can barely keep my eyes open, but I know that if I just go to bed, I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep anyway. I have to get this out of my head. Having a message to...
View ArticleWhy I Believe in Time Warps
Are you Crazy Busy? Do you need a Time Warp? Two weeks before I taught a Mentor Training class, I was on the verge of a meltdown. Too many things to do, not enough hands to do them with… and definitely...
View ArticleParked, or Rolling Toward Your Goal?
Ten years ago I sent a broadcast inviting those who had read The Jackrabbit Factor (and who had seen amazing things happen as a result) share their success story with Oprah. Most of the responses I...
View ArticleMy Unsolicited Marriage Advice
A friend wrote me about someone’s failing marriage. She said, “..they knew they were supposed to get married [but it was] before they had an opportunity to fall in love.” And now they are divorcing...
View ArticleSurviving a Faith Crisis
I had my own faith crisis a few years ago. When I found myself with more questions than I had answers, I felt like the earth had fallen out from beneath my feet for a time. But then ultimately I...
View ArticleWhen Someone Steps on Your Hair
“Leaning into” your problem is less painful than pretending it doesn’t exist. One afternoon as I was playing with my kids, my sweet little two year-old stepped on my hair. The instant I felt the pain,...
View Article#27: How to Profit from Your Losses
In this program, I talk about three reasons we have setbacks, and what to do, so that the hidden benefit contained in every adversity can be realized. Resources mentioned: 12-week Home Study Program:...
View ArticleThey All Have Angels
Depression had gripped me throughout my second pregnancy. I was thrilled to be expecting another baby, but the hormones seemed to be causing some kind of imbalance that made it difficult for me to feel...
View ArticleAdversity and Unifying the Family
Back when all my kids still lived at home: Journal Entry 2008: Tonight was our weekly family night, an evening set aside to spend time with the kids and improve our family relationships through...
View ArticleWhy Disappointment can be a Good Thing
“One of the greatest skills we can learn in life is how to deal effectively with disappointments, because after all, life is full of them. Learning the skill not only helps us turn things around, but...
View Article#28: Parenting Principles Preview
Parenting can be hard! So when difficult behaviors wreak havoc on the family, you might just need a few more tools in the toolbox. Finding the core principles that govern success in any area of life...
View ArticleHandling Economic Challenges Gracefully
This is one of my brain dumps. It’s not organized with literary brilliance, it’s a brain dump. But it’s important stuff, and I think it needs to be shared immediately. I’ll clean it up later. Maybe....
View ArticleCarrying a Heavy Burden? You can Still Fly.
A few years ago, I stepped outside of my home and unexpectedly witnessed what you see here – and it stopped me in my tracks. It seemed impossible, but it was real. A huge 747 airplane flew by so low,...
View ArticleChoose Your Rock Bottom
Recently it was necessary for me to write “my story” again, explaining the circumstances around how we discovered the prinicples I now teach and tripled our income in just a few months. As I wrote, I...
View ArticleKeeping Your Eyes on the Horizon
We were newlyweds of only one year. My husband and I decided to drive twelve hours to attend a conference which would help us start a business. Tensions were high because we couldn’t afford the trip,...
View ArticleWhat we do to ourselves sometimes can’t be undone on our own
I was visiting my in-laws one evening when I signed in to my Facebook account and saw this post on my newsfeed. It was from my 18-year-old son. He said: I just walked past my parent’s room and heard my...
View ArticleAnd Along Came a Spider
Some time ago my eleven year-old daughter came home from orchestra practice simply devastated. She had been the first to arrive, and as the others filed in, nobody chose to sit by her. She sat at the...
View ArticleWhy I Needed to Have a Bad Day
A number of years ago I was having a particularly horrible, edgy day. I was angry at everyone, and everything around me. Even things that weren’t all that bad felt intolerable. I don’t even know what...
View ArticleDealing with fear in relationships
An anonymous letter from one of our Mindset Mastery participants: I married someone who has a lot of struggles inside. He is a good man, but as soon as we were married, he showed a temper I had no...
View ArticleIs Victory Really Possible?
When challenges come, it’s easy to doubt whether there really is success to be had on the other side. The wall seems too high, the bricks too large, you feel too small to go over it, and too weak to...
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