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Today I feel...

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There are days when we just aren’t ourselves. We are experiencing something, but we aren’t sure what, and honestly, we haven’t taken time to figure it out. So… Let’s start with identifying what we are feeling.

NO, I am not saying that we need to form our lives around our emotions. What I am saying is that our emotions are pointers for us to consider what God might be inviting us to in this moment. He gave us emotions for a reason. It’s important to pay attention to them.

I’m including a FEELINGS Wheel to help us name the emotions we are feeling.

You can find this diagram in the new EnVision YOU Companion Workbook, now available on Amazon. Used with permission.

Consider what feelings you are having because needs are not being met, or when they are.

What is something you can do about that?

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When Celebrating turns to Cele-dreading--- it's Time to SNAP!

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This month I am aware of the 'cele-dread' mindset that creeps up on me.  It's October.  Two years ago this month, Mom received her diagnosis of advanced stages of cancer in her body. Seven weeks later she was home with her Lord - and my Dad!  I don't plan to be impacted by grief, but sometimes it creeps up on me and leaks out through my eyes rather intensely.  During 2023, my whole being rather fell apart.  My body, heart, mind, and spirit needed space and time to 'recalibrate' everything I had experienced in 2022.  There were some pretty dark days and I could not 'manage' all of it at once.  Here I am two years later still feeling the effects of all the ups and downs. 

But one thing I can do - I S.N.A.P!   This simple 4-step process became a prayer of sorts, even on the hardest of days.

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When A Pickle Jar Teaches Priorities

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Are you focusing on what truly matters in your life?

Dive with me into the powerful "big rocks" illustration to be reminded how to prioritize the things that count—both in our personal lives and in our faith. Using a simple yet profound analogy of filling a jar with big rocks, little rocks, sand, and water, we explore how trying to fit in everything without prioritizing leaves no room for the most important things.

I put my own personal twist using a pickle jar to illustrate

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Remembering EnVision YOU Launch September 2019

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Five years ago, I had the joy of introducing my EnVision YOU book and butterfly out into the world. Getting to launch my 2nd book, EnVision YOU, at TRIBEWRITER 2019 with Jeff Goins was such a thrill. He hosted five Tribewriter conferences. I attended all five. 

I attended TW (Tribewriter) 2015 because I had a book in me that was burning a hole in my heart. The message I heard from Jeff that year was “You are a Writer.” I wasn’t sure I believed it, but I made a commitment.

I came to TW #2 (2016) with my first book...

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One last talk with my Dad!

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Pondering the value of ‘last words’ in my life, I have considered often my last face-to-face conversation with Dad over Memorial Day weekend of 2022. I shared this memory on August 6th, 2022 at his memorial service.

On July 23rd, 2022, my Daddy went 'HOME".

Since our daughter, Leisha, 'ran on home' almost almost 16 years ago, I've been very aware that this earthly home is only temporary. 

Dad and I talked about that in May when I saw him last. He spoke of what it would be like to see Leisha - after Jesus of course! How he would give her a big hug and tell her that her momma loves her.

He admitted it was hard to…

When Change means Beginning Again

This has been a place of beginning again - AGAIN!

When you look at the metamorphosis of a butterfly,
they grow from being a little egg
to becoming the caterpillar
to becoming the little “J” hanging from a leaf
and spinning into the Chrysalis
then emerging from the Chrysalis
to become the butterfly she was always meant to be.

That's a process that many of us have taken an interest in and have observed with great curiosity.

We recognize a pattern that translates into our own journey. While the butterfly only experiences that transformation once (it is their whole existence ), we can experience that multiple times in our lifetime.

Think about that moment for us as humans.

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the Metamorphosis of a Green HOPE Woman

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A butterfuly experiences the remarkable transformation called metamorphosis (a process some animals go throu to become adults) only one time.

egg -> caterpillar -> chrysalis -> butterfly.

It’s their entire lifetime.

We humans may go through this procedss multiple times in our lives. Of course, we understand the changes…

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Do You Know YOUR Value?

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It’s a rare person who comes into your life and in a few minutes sums up the one thing that you struggle with most. "Kathy, do you know your value?" In my journey to answer that question for myself, I discovered I wasn't alone in that struggle. What changes for each of us when we stop comparing ourselves to others and come to know ourselves for the value we truly bring to our world. Listen in to hear how this same rare person used her 'last words' to continue to speak life into me. What would it look like for you to use your voice - your message - now?

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Creating a RIPPLE- with you!

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I wanted to share this with you months ago, but I needed to wrestle with some of my own hesitations about doing so.  I've been out of the loop for much of the year, in part because I needed some space and time to 'catch my breath' after both of my parents moved 'home' to heaven in 2022.  That took a toll on me physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually for sure.  I needed some time to just catch up with myself and the awareness of how life has changed drastically. 

Also, I turned 65 this year.  It's one of those birthdays that has made me stop and take a look at my life to see how I feel about it. 

So many things have come up for me during this time, but these thoughts have surfaced for me for sure:

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My Ordinary Mom!

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Tomorrow we will celebrate the life of my momma! I have been at a loss for words since her passing. How do you pay tribute to the woman who not only gave you life, but supported you through it your entire life. So I am sharing a post I wrote for her birthday in 2014. Heads up! It’s long. Yet it is only a glimpse of the legacy she has left to me - and to my family.

Originally posted on OCTOBER 23, 2014 

I know- you are looking at this title and wondering if I just dissed my mother!   Well, let me tell you about her!