Five Ways to Improve Your Sleep

Everyone knows how important it is to get a good night’s sleep. However, for many women sleep can prove to be elusive. When a women’s hormones are out of balance it can cause sleep disturbances; the reverse is also true: not getting enough sleep can cause hormones to become unbalanced. This can lead to aContinueContinue reading “Five Ways to Improve Your Sleep”

Three Daily Practices to Change Your Life

It seems like everyone these days has a formula for happiness. Do this. Don’t do that. Follow these steps for instant happiness. I don’t know that these three things will lead to happiness every minute of every day (what a laughable goal anyway), but I do know that the quality of your life will beContinueContinue reading “Three Daily Practices to Change Your Life”

It would be an honor: 4 qualities to implement in our lives

Recently, Carissa and I had a proud parenting moment.  We attended the induction ceremony for the local chapter of the National Honor Society to watch our oldest daughter, Julie, be inducted.  It was both an exciting and proud moment for us as parents. Julie had been downplaying the event and was even surprised that allContinueContinue reading “It would be an honor: 4 qualities to implement in our lives”

When “why” is silent

Why? Why? Why? Do you ever want to know why? Right now why is on my mind?   Why?  Well, I think I have an idea at least in this moment, but a lot of times we want to know why and we don’t have an answer. Simon Sinek, the leadership author, tells us what toContinueContinue reading “When “why” is silent”

Five Tips To Surviving Your Spouse Being Away

Carissa is at Liberty University this week taking another class as she works towards her master’s degree in counseling.  This isn’t the first time she taken a class like this, and as a result, I’ve had some practice at parenting when she is away.  The truth is, just because mom is away doesn’t mean theContinueContinue reading “Five Tips To Surviving Your Spouse Being Away”

Making time for who’s important

365 days in a year, twelve months in a year, 30 days in a month, 7 days in a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute.  We are all given the same amount of time in any given day, week, month, or year.  We all haveContinueContinue reading “Making time for who’s important”