My Pledge

I pledge to "show up" in my life as myself, not as an imitation of anyone else.
I pledge to avoid using the word "just" to describe myself. For example, I won’t say, "I’m just a mother," "I’m just a student" or "I’m just an ordinary person."
I pledge to give myself ten minutes [...]

It’s funny how things happen.  I believe that everything happens for a reason–everything. 
Early this morning, about 4am, Evansville felt a 5.4 earthquake from about 161 miles away.  I woke up on my own just seconds before the earthquake hit.  As the house shook and rumbled for about 15 seconds, I thought, "Well, that’s one [...]

The boogie man. Applying for a job promotion.  Nuclear War.  Going back to school.  Your mom’s meat loaf.  It doesn’t matter what the fear is, if it keeps you from becoming more of who you want to be, then it’s time to face it.

In Embracing Fear, author and therapist Thom Rutledge identifies two types of [...]