Category: For My Daughter
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Confidence is not linear.
Confidence is like a muscle. The more you use it, the more it grows. Sometimes it takes the failure to increase the strength through repair and rebuilding. It is these moments of repair that make the confidence you have in yourself more easily accessible the next time you experience adversity or resistance. Confidence is often…
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What you say to yourself matters.
The most important voice in your life will be your own. The way you talk to yourself matters. Make sure that you are intentional about how and what you communicate. Remember that input influences output. What you consume will become your thoughts and your words which will then become your actions. Surround yourself with people…
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It’s Your Lens That Matters
People love to root for an underdog, unless the underdog starts to win a little too much. If an underdog starts to win too much they are no longer viewed through the same lens. They are viewed instead through a microscope. Microscopes look closely at something to reveal what is there beyond the naked eye.…
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Comparison
Comparison for the sake of worthiness will ultimately end somewhere along the spectrum between two places: 1. A dark place of not enoughness. OR 2. A sad lonely place of empty worth and unattainable enoughness. Comparison is inevitable. In fact, our brains are wired to compare one thing to another. It is human nature and…
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Self-Awareness is your Superpower.
Your own self-awareness will be both a shield and a superpower. Your willingness to explore your strengths and weaknesses with an open mind, vulnerability and a growth mindset can change the trajectory of your life. Getting to know yourself: your values, your beliefs and your boundaries will both protect and propel you. It will shield…
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For Our Daughter(s)
This summer I am committing to a series. Each morning I will wake up write for 30 minutes and then post. If you know me, you know that the challenges within this series will begin with two things: writing everyday and only writing for 30 minutes. But I am here for the challenge. The series…
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Be with the Broken
“Mom, why does God create bad people?” I freeze, knowing that the answer to this question is so complex that I am only just now starting to understand it myself. I know what my daughter doesn’t, that the answer to this question begins with understanding our own humanity and at times, our lack of. She…
Love, Courtney 