Do You Have a Harmful Secret Life?
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Do You Have a Harmful Secret Life?

Do you struggle with a secret that evokes shame? I am not talking about hiding chocolate from your kids. I am talking about engaging in destructive and risk-taking behaviors that disrupt your intrinsic sense of self.  Living a secret life usually has to do with covert behavior that restrict personal freedom, undermines confidence or evokes…

How to Travel Light: Unpacking Unnecessary Emotional Baggage
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How to Travel Light: Unpacking Unnecessary Emotional Baggage

Max Lucado speaks about life’s baggage in his book, Traveling Light:  Releasing the Burdens We Were Never Intended to Bear: The Promise of Psalm 23: “The suitcase of guilt. A sack of discontent. You drape a duffel bag of weariness on one shoulder and a hanging bag of grief on the other. Add on a…

Living Out Your Identity

Living Out Your Identity

As I was driving to work the other day, listening to one of Dan Allendar’s recorded sessions from his Wounded Heart series, he made a statement that really caught my attention:  When you take away hope, you take away your identity. Once you stop desiring, you stop dreaming. Once you stop desiring and dreaming, you stop becoming. When you stop…