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Why you shouldn't do it scared!

Don’t Do it Scared

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As my face hit the dirt and chest absorbed the impact of a horrible fall off Teddy, a beloved horse I am helping to bring along in a healing journey, I was less concerned with the potential for injury and more consumed by how I would get back in the saddle again. I could hear the mantra my daddy impressed upon me as a young girl to “get back in the saddle” while also recalling my littles memorizing Psalm 56:3, “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.” Yet there was something more than fear holding me back.…

Lessons on Walking In Step with Our Savior

In Step with Our Savior

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As we headed back to the barn after an equine-assisted coaching session, I turned toward my young client and her family and invited them to do a simple exercise with me to become aware of how the body and brain respond to feeling connected. Lining up shoulder to shoulder, I instructed them to all step forward with their right foot on a count of three and to pay attention to each other’s movement so that we could walk in step together. Maybe you can imagine what this feels like as you experience the rhythm and cadence of striding together on a…

When You Need an Attitude Adjustment

When You Need an Attitude Adjustment

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There we sat in my mother-in-law’s living room, still coming to terms with her terminal cancer diagnosis. To make matters worse, she had an unfortunate fall that resulted in a broken shoulder and need for 24-7 care. The timing of this crisis was overwhelming.  We were right in the middle of wedding planning for our oldest daughter and a heavy travel schedule for my husband. We had plenty of dashed hopes for some summer downtime for the whole family. Yet our plans paled in comparison with the reality that this was the season in which we found ourselves and the last…

The In-between Place of Blessings and Sorrows

The In-between Place of Blessings and Sorrows

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 watched her paintbrush slowly fill in the outline of her sketch on the wall at the end of the dormitory hallway, curious about how this verse she chose would be relevant to the twenty teenage girls about to move in. Between room checks and monitoring study hours, I would re-read the promise from Psalm 84:10 declaring that “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere” and wonder what it truly meant. I was too young in my faith, and maybe even years, for it to make much sense. Instead of yearning for heaven, I dreamt of a week…

3 Things to Remember When God Feels Far Away

3 Things to Remember When God Feels Far Away

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Can you remember when Google maps wasn’t a thing and instead a printed map was necessary to find our way to a new destination? While I’m super grateful for the aid of Google, there was this one time when a traditional map would have served me well. I was on my way to pick up my daughter from a friend’s house for the first time, and the app on my phone stopped working. I was literally lost because I hadn’t dropped her off at the house, but rather at another location, so I couldn’t rely on my memory. I also…

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