Growing up I loved doing puzzles with my mom and siblings. The bigger and more complicated the better. They were usually photographs of gorgeous landscapes cut into thousands of tiny pieces. We would put them together on a giant piece of cardboard on our living room table, cover it with…

Right or wrong, this is the perception from the outside looking in. — Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian church, I had very strong opinions about the way the church should be, and what its purpose was. Over the past couple of years, my husband and I have had many conversations about church and what our role is within that community. …

Exposing the fallacy of “perceived” value. — For most people I come in contact with, my perceived value in this world is the value I bring to them personally. When a person looks at me, they don't really see me unless I have “paid” or contributed something that added some kind of value to that person's existence. …

A parable about squandering what you’ve been given. — After my husband became a dad, he got even better at dad jokes, acquired a ridiculous number of dad hats, and has a very standard dad uniform. He's also started talking in parables more often. Here's one: Imagine I gave my son a check to pay for his college tuition…

An opportunity to rework the “recipe” of your life. — This may seem counterintuitive, but I've come to realize that being broken is one of the most powerful places to be. When everything is shattered, many complicated things can become very simple. One has much more to work with when in a state of brokenness. Here’s an illustration to prove…

Want to be your best self? Start here. — We all want to live our best lives. Lives that are meaningful and full of purpose. Well, if you're like me, you’ve probably spent the majority of your life really sucking at doing just that. Where do I start? You read all these books and the author tells…

Some of us were born to plant roots, as trees. to conquer the forest to shore up the banks Feeding. Nurturing. Steady. Others are born untethered, as water. Always shifting, always moving, Ebbing and flowing. Feeding. Nurturing. Changing. Know which you are.

Everything is possible. Everything is accessible. — You can learn to be anything. You can learn to do anything. There are resources online that are willing to teach you all sorts of things in a number of different ways for free. You are only limited by your attention and your belief in your ability to change. Most…

A few weeks ago, I was interviewing my friend Holly Barnett-Starret for my podcast, and she said something that really stuck with me. She said, "My ethics haven’t changed, but my rules have." What’s so profound about that statement, is the distinction made between the rules (or individual behaviors) and…