hope to build on
Welcome to my blog, “Hope to Build On!” These are short, encouraging articles, often on topics such as relationships, worry, and faith. If you like what you see, please sign up to receive “Hope to Build On” by email. CLICK HERE to sign up. Thanks for reading!
2020 vision not so much
2020 vision is both a medical term and a metaphor often used in fundraising types of campaigns for the last 20 or so years. After the 2020 we all had, I’m now thinking of “2020 [...]
Hope to build on in good times and bad
Hope feels a little harder to come by these days. The pandemic, politics, protests, and precarious circumstances have many of us reeling. It would be one thing if any one of these things was hitting [...]
Gratitude, honesty, and the coronavirus
Gratitude and honesty during the coronavirus? Why not! I think often about how my children are watching me and how my choices now influence their choices now and later. That’s not instinctive awareness on my [...]
Wholeness for Women and Healing Our Anger
Wholeness is not something I, and maybe you, consciously think a lot about. Yet, we are quietly battling for wholeness daily. “Do I matter?” “Does this matter?” “No one really cares!” “If I don’t do [...]
Tired Enough to Change
Tired enough to change. You’ve likely experienced that before. Perhaps, as a super simple example, you tired of the service at a store or restaurant. You decided, “that’s it! I’m not going back.” Or, perhaps, [...]
3 Re’s for Parents: Reset, Relate, and Resolve
The 3 Re’s of Relationships is a simple model I developed over time to help myself and my counseling clients work through difficult times with our children. The 3 Re’s are Reset, Relate, and Resolve: [...]