Incredible Rest

Incredible Rest

By Shannon Earl We want our lives to be magical don’t we? To be free of problems and troubles. To just be able to drive off into the sunset and live happily ever after. For things to just be easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy for crying out loud. It’s tempting to throw...
Are You a Do-er?

Are You a Do-er?

By Erin K. Robison, M.Ed., LPC “No rest for the wicked.” “There will be time to sleep when I’m dead.” “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of...
It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week

It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week

In first grade I used to stand in front of a mirror and hit my hips. I hated the way my hips looked in the mirror. I used to bring a change of clothes to school because I hated how I looked in the clothes my mom dressed me in. This all started in the first grade. What...
Scripture Challenge – Psalm 18

Scripture Challenge – Psalm 18

Memorizing scripture is such a good thing! Growing up, I spent a lot of time memorizing scripture, whole books of the Bible were committed to memory. But as I’ve gotten older and busier it has become a rusty skill that I want to polish again. Some people are...
For the Rest of My Life

For the Rest of My Life

A number of years ago I met a man who had started a new health journey. And the commitment that he had made to himself and to anyone who was listening was that for the rest of his life, he would workout for at least 45 minutes a day, six days a week and he would only...
Feeding Family

Feeding Family

By Shannon Earl Twenty-three. Twenty-three is how many cookbooks I have on my kitchen bookshelf that are specifically geared towards cooking for food intolerances and special diets. And yet, how many days does it get to be 4:00 in the afternoon and I still have no...