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Intentional Growth and Wellness

Feeling stuck? Uninspired? Lacking direction or purpose? Is fear holding you back from living more fully?​ You're invited on a journey of discovering your true-self, the authentic woman you are uniquely created to be. Together, we'll explore ways to live more fully into the life you were created for.​ There's no need to fear. You were made for this!​

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A book with the Intentional Growth and Wellness definition of Authentic as love in action and truth, and when your doing flows from your being.
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A Wonderful Kind of Exhaustion (Yes, It Does Exist!)

A Wonderful Kind of Exhaustion How Living Authentically Can Keep Your Energy from Being Drained A wonderful kind of exhaustion? Are you kidding me? I hear you, but I beg you to hear me out. It is possible to go from being drained to a wonderful kind of exhaustion. We are roughly a week into the new year. It’s a time when many of us consider what we need to change in our lives. Often it’s a question of how we can be physically healthier. I’m more curious about the state of your soul, because...

3 months ago • 1 min read
A leaf changing colors with the seasons, overlaid with sunshine, snow and rain.

Changing Seasons of Life - Emotions, Growth and Healing My beautiful friends, Have you struggled with changing seasons in your life? Whatever change you are experiencing and the challenges it brings, there is an anchor of hope and joy to be found amid any grief and sorrow you may feel. When the storm recently hit our Western NC mountains, we were in the midst of planning a wedding for our daughter and her now husband. We thought about postponing because of the devastation around us, but it...

5 months ago • 1 min read
A racing clock of grief, overwhelm, and stress, covered in grace.

Grace for When You Feel Grief, Overwhelm and Stress My beautiful friends, This is a blog post that I was working on before Helene ravaged our Western North Carolina mountains. While originally written to address our general daily overwhelm and stress, a lot in and of itself, much has since happened. In the midst of the destruction and devastation, I hope this message will inspire us to give ourselves, and those around us, more grace and love as we rise up together through the grief, overwhelm...

6 months ago • 1 min read
A woman in a field of sunflowers reaching to the sky, representing hope and inspiration

New from the Intentional Growth and Wellness Blog Hey Intentional Growth and Wellness friends! I've been away from the blog for a few weeks due to a LOT going on! First and foremost, my amazing daughter is getting married in less than two months, and though we've been planning for a while now, all those little details really start coming together in the last few weeks leading up to a wedding. Plus we're about to take a much needed vacation before the wedding and before my husband goes into...

7 months ago • 1 min read
A head of white puzzle pieces floating away with a personality indicator

New from the Intentional Growth and Wellness Blog Knowing more about our personality helps us to understand why we behave in many of the ways we do. It can help us understand how we're likely to behave when we're in a the sweet spot of your doing flowing from your being, but equally (and sometimes more) important, it can also help us understand what to look for when we're overdoing all the things, stressed, exhausted and burned out. Being equipped with this knowledge can help us give...

7 months ago • 1 min read
Cream colored brush strokes with a reminder to rest, the world can wait.

New from Intentional Growth and Wellness In the spirit of practicing what I teach, I'm taking a break this week from the blog. My energy has been slow to return after dealing with a stomach bug for several days. We need to be more mindful of and honor what our bodies and minds tell us. Slow down. Breathe. Be. Will you join me in taking a respite today? The world will wait, and you'll be more ready and equipped to serve it well from a place of being filled and not drained. And if you'd like,...

8 months ago • 1 min read
A woman juggling multiple roles of home, time, family and work.

New from the Intentional Growth and Wellness Blog Last week we began to explore what we can do when we feel like our worth is tied to the roles we play in life. At the end of the day, if you find your satisfaction based solely on all the doing you've done, you're probably also overwhelmed and burnt out, because there's only one of you to go around, and way too many things to do. Yep, even the good things. The enemy is sneaky, and will use the multitude of good things to distract us from the...

8 months ago • 1 min read
A note stating you're worth more than you know, with a silver pen and a cup of coffee on a yellow saucer

New from the Intentional Growth and Wellness Blog Precious friend, do you feel like your worth is tied to the roles you play in life? At the end of the day, are you trying to find your satisfaction based solely on all the doing you've done? If you answered "yes" to that question, I'm betting you'd also answer "yes" if I asked if you're overwhelmed and burnt out. We may not want to admit it, because we want to be all the things to all the people in our lives, but there's only one of each of us...

8 months ago • 1 min read

New from the Intentional Growth and Wellness Blog Good morning dear friends! I hope your Wednesday morning begins with a smile and a warmed heart. If not, go grab that coffee and come back! ;-) I have a favor to ask. This week's blog post is written to the moms out there who are preparing for (with teens in tow) or are already in the empty nest stage of life. However, if you overidentify with ANY of your roles in life, whether it be in your career or as a mom, dad, husband, wife, caregiver,...

9 months ago • 1 min read

New from the Intentional Growth and Wellness Blog Overly caffeinated and lacking sleep, I recall so many times when my emotions got the best of me. Snapping when I shouldn't, being short at times. Short, that is, with others or even myself. Not my condition of being vertically challenged! My fuse could be very short at times. I'm sure many of us can relate. I'm not proud of it, but if sharing this confession helps just one person, I'll confess my shortcomings, or in this case, my short fuse!...

9 months ago • 1 min read