Certain people will be upset when you speak the truth. They might get mad. They might get really mad. That’s because they are still living the lie you’ve exposed. Stay strong. Speak truth. Do not...

Fear is afraid of you. Don’t think so? Walk right up to it, then right past it and see if it doesn’t run and hide.

You are a creature meant to be free. Almost always, the person hardest to tell the truth to…is you. Once you can be honest with yourself, you’ll find the strength and desire to be honest...

You do not need permission to be you. Just be your authentic, brilliant, one-soul-only self. You are a marvel. Act like it!

Why do we tend to treasure our health best, only when it is in jeopardy?

If you hate what you get for Christmas, try to focus on the person who gave the gift to you, not what came in the box.

Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from “I can’t do this” to “I must do this.

No good can come from beating ourselves up for falling down—for feeling unhappy when we want to feel just the opposite.

You cannot do more than you can, so be gentle with yourself and quick to forgive your mistakes and to move on.

When you lay your head on the pillow at the end of the night, can you think of three things you did during the day to make your life better? Did you nourish your body?...

The reason for the season is Christ. Let’s not forget that.

Love is not something we acquire and then have forever. It’s not something we can possess. It is something we are—always changing, always growing.

Courage is stepping forward when all you can see is darkness.

Be honest with the Lord. If you’re afraid, say so. If you’re feeling abandoned, tell Him. He already knows every sin you’ve committed and He loves you anyway. Confess honestly. Beg for help. Converse with...

You can’t do it for someone else. No matter how much they motivate or inspire you, you have to do it for yourself. Your health is YOUR responsibility.

Don’t try to wring out all the answers before you move forward. Faith doesn’t work that way. Step into the darkness and the light will appear to guide your next step. It’s that first step...

Happiness isn’t the reward we retrieve after a long struggle. It arrives daily, in those clear moments when our hearts are tender, pricked by the embrace of a loved one, the beauty of a single...

Two forces, fear and power,come together at a place called BEGIN. Bust through the fear to get to the power and BEGIN the life you are entitled to live.

Figure out your passion. What floats your boat, rings your bell, lights your tree? A life without passion is possible, but not desirable. Have you really lived at all if you have not lived with...

When you understand what you’re truly worth, who is going to be able to make you feel worthless? No one.

Meaning is often found embedded in the silent moments of our lives when we can hear and see what matters most, the things audible and visible only to the spirit.

Christmas is about change. It’s a time we open our hearts before we open our presents.

If you have a painting in you, paint. If you have a song to sing, sing. Don’t judge your creation. Just create it. Banish doubt and fear and step out of your own way if...

Change can be terrifying, but I’ve come to expect that God has an even greater adventure awaiting me than the one I leave behind.

Do the things you love to do so you’ll enjoy spending time with yourself.

Even indecision is a decision.

everything we can” isn’t enough. It’s only enough when our everything joins with Christ’s everything.

Picture for a moment the scene of a son carrying wood up a hill. He is about to make the greatest sacrifice he can make. Is it Abraham’s Isaac? Or Heavenly Father’s Jehovah? It is...

Courage is not beating up the bully or letting the bully beat you up, it is standing strong before the bully and seeing him for what he truly is: a child of God in need...

If Christ is missing from your life, it isn’t because He is lost.

To keep the entire body in shape, tend to every part of it, every limb, every organ, every joint and system. Educate yourself about your own body. Learn what to feed it and how to...

We labor under the great delusion that we are in control. Silly humans.

The truest of all truths is this: You are a child of God. Out of more than six billion people on earth now, He knows your name, what you fear and what you revere. He...

Don’t fear experience. Embrace each one as a gift, a teacher, a step to get closer to where you want to be and who you want to become.

If you’re giving to get, all you’ll receive is disappointment. But if you’re giving to give, all you’ll receive is joy.

You want to be loved? Love yourself first and passionately. Forgive yourself readily. Care for every part of you. Only when you love yourself do you have love to give to others.

To improve quality of life, to evolve into a better version of ourselves, to pause in recognition of blessings with only our name on the tag, to dance in graitutde, to embrance with abandon, to...

Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing imaginable, yet holding on is even harder.

We are spiritual children of God the Father. We preach it. We sing it. But do we really understand it? Sometimes it’s easy to tell others they are loved, but not so easy to believe...

Change isn’t only about changing your circumstances, it’s about changing you.

Be your own best buddy.

We might give God our tithing, our material possessions, even our time and talents, but those are not really ours to begin with. They are gifts on loan. What is ours is the only genuine...

No matter our sins or our sufferings, we are not isolated or abandoned. Christ is there for us, in good times and bad, and if we know how to follow Him, how to walk in...

Here’s a simple test to check and see if you have surrendered or if you are still struggling with control. When you are miserable, stressed, doubtful, and fearful, you are in control. When you are...

The roadmap to a rich, rewarding life is to follow your passion, to be willing to deviate, to never dull to the dawn of a new day and all of the possibilities it holds for...

The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-motivating. But anytime we put self before Savior, we’re in trouble

Unhealthy people tend to be unhappy people.

Sleep on it until your thoughts are rational and your tongue is capable of speaking only kindness and truth.

God is not someone you meet when you die. His smiling face will be the first and the most familiar to greet you on the other side of mortality. You’ll recognize Him and know in...

Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can.