You Got Joy!

First, let me wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful that I am challenged each week to write a challenge for each of you. With the start of the holiday season officially upon us, your challenge this week may sound simple, but in truth, I bet it will challenge you. This week your challenge is to be in the MOMENT as much as possible. That means to stop...look...and listen to where … [Read more...] about Week 12 ~ Stop…Look…Listen

The idea of this challenge is for you to learn many ways to help you deal with everyday stress. So far I have challenged you with 10 different things to do to help shift you from a place of stress to a place of peace. This week your challenge will hopefully do the same. This week your challenge is plain and simple. Do something kind for someone EVERY day! I don't think the challenge is … [Read more...] about Week 11 ~ Random Acts of Kindness

This weeks challenge is a day late. I'm sorry. I tried to get it done for yesterday and had a meeting every night this week. When I sat down to write our challenge last night I got distracted with my kids. Then I shut off the computer, climbed into bed and thought AHHHH... our challenge. The funny thing is that I knew what this weeks challenge was going to be. It was going to be on … [Read more...] about Week 10 = Be Kind to YOU

This week as we enter week NINE!!! (seriously? we've been doing this for nine weeks???) My challenge to you is a simple one. I want you to LAUGH! Life can be so crazy! This past week I wanted to cry because I was so tired and busy and crazy... but I made it through and today the sun was shining and we had big Texas blue skies and I felt happy and so I thought let's spend this next week … [Read more...] about Week 9 -Laugh…laugh…laugh…

I wanted to share with you one of the easiest shifts you can make, to change your life from feeling Stressed to feeling Blessed. Read the two paragraphs… same events.. totally different feel. •I am Blessed…Today I got to speak to a lovely group of women on JOY. Today I got to work at my church, www.northwoods.org and today I got to pick up my kids from school. Today I got to go to my NCL … [Read more...] about Week 8 – What do you “get” to do?

I am not much of a sports enthusiast, although I do enjoy going to games and people watching.  One sport I do enjoy watching in person is baseball.  I think I love it because of the 7th inning stretch.  I love that after sitting around for 6 innings we all stand up and stretch and sing at the top of our lungs.  This weeks challenge is inspired by the 7th inning stretch since we are in our 7th week … [Read more...] about Week 7 challenge -7th inning stretch

This week our challenge is to go back to the basics.  Did you know Christmas is a mere 11 weeks away!  That is approximately 77 days.  I read that the average person will gain about 1.5 pounds over the holidays from Thanksgiving – New Years.  They say that people thought it was around 5-10 pounds, but apparently that is a myth.  They also say (you know “they” as in the researchers online :) ) that … [Read more...] about Week 6 Challenge – Getting a head start