What's Important Now?

What's Important Now?

Leading our personal and professional lives well means deciding what’s most important, and why. Getting to the why and committing to a subsequent course of action is often a process of discernment and a series of deep conversations, especially during pivotal transition seasons. The key to success is uncovering and acting upon what’s most important.

Why Coaching Works: Three Real-Life Situations

Why Coaching Works: Three Real-Life Situations

As seasons change and situations shift, having a coach should be an ongoing, relevant part of your support structure. This is especially true in this journey called life, where adapting to change is a key component of our ability to thrive. Learn more about how great coaching is both intentional and flexible at the same time…

Creative Conversations

Creative Conversations

Just as the warmth of Spring triggers the onset of new growth, internal and external change can be the impetus for creative seasons in our lives. How we leverage these seasons of change can make all the difference. Creative conversations play a big part in the process.

Why Millennials and Gen Z's are Hiring Life Coaches

Why Millennials and Gen Z's are Hiring Life Coaches

The coaching movement continues to grow, especially among young adults looking for purpose and direction in life. More and more Millennials and Gen Z’s are hiring life coaches. Here are some insights into why this surge of interest is happening and what our response needs to be.

Resilience, Trauma and Transition

Resilience, Trauma and Transition

Resilience helps us thrive and grow through and beyond traumatic events. When we are resilient, we know how to approach and handle a crisis situation. But we also know how to adapt and grow on the other side of crisis. Resilience is also a key ingredient to successful transitions.

Building Resilience

Building Resilience

How are you at bouncing back from difficulty and adapting to change? We risk defeat when we fail to recognize the need to develop resilience skills and put them to use. Ultimate success comes to those who learn and use resilience skills toward a favorable outcome. Read more…

5 Reasons People Fail to Grow Through Transition

5 Reasons People Fail to Grow Through Transition

Whether we initiate a transition ourselves or it happens to us, why leave the process up to chance? How can we navigate the waters of transition more purposefully? As a fellow transitioner, I've struggled to find reasons why some of my own transitions haven't been as successful as they could have been. Here's 5 Reasons why people fail to grow through transition….

Rediscovering the Why

Rediscovering the Why

Revisiting and reiterating one’s life purpose is a necessary practice for staying on course. As part of this pursuit, it's critical that we create space to reflect and spend some time disengaging our preoccupied minds and warming our hearts that naturally grow cold and unfeeling when we fail to unplug.

Soul-Care from the Cave

Soul-Care from the Cave

David was no stranger to caves. But this cave was more than a place of shelter for a tired shepherd boy. It was a place where he would learn resilience- how to relate to God in times of deep loss and confusion. How to steady his feet on God's promises and forge ahead with hope. Here are some ways we can learn, like David, to practice soul-care in the cave:

Five Benefits of Healthy Goodbyes

Five Benefits of Healthy Goodbyes

Research and personal experience reveal just how critical healthy goodbyes are to the transition process. Yes, even for the introverts among us who would rather board the plane and save the goodbyes for later! Here are five benefits of saying meaningful, healthy goodbyes...

Crossroads and the Big Decisions

Crossroads and the Big Decisions

God’s way, I've come to realize, is transition. And it works its wonders differently each time. One thing is certain: transition leads us to the crossroads of decision. Here are some important steps to take when navigating your transition crossroads...

Life After Transition

Life After Transition

God has his own way of getting us ready for change. Transition is a process of letting go, grieving the losses, celebrating the past, and moving forward by faith into a new season of life and ministry. 

Remembering the Why: Memory and Motivation

Remembering the Why: Memory and Motivation

Faith is rooted in memory, and we are stewards of them both. When we take the time to remember well, we lay the groundwork for increased motivation and giving back to our neighbors and communities. Read more about how to pay it forward!