Relationship with Self
The first sentence you say after a setback is a habit, and Paul believed habits like that can be retrained by looking at who is providing for you. A flight is cancelled, a client moves the deadline, or the meeting you prepared for is pushed again, and a sentence arrives before you chose it. Philippians…
At work and in life, the next goal will always move the finish line, so your peace has to rest on something that does not move. Say you hit the number you set in January: as a regional vice president, you have watched how quickly Tuesday’s leadership meeting turns from celebrating the win to naming…
A joke that carries a jab keeps working long after the laughter stops. Picture a leadership meeting where a slide is behind schedule, and the sharpest line in the room, delivered with a grin, earns the biggest laugh and the longest silence afterward. Most of us have been on both sides of that moment, and…
God’s love settled your worth before anyone applauded, which means you can receive praise as a gift instead of a threat. You may know the reflex: someone compliments your talk, your leadership, or your team’s result, and you wave it off before they finish. Have you ever walked away from a kind word feeling oddly…
As humans, we all tend to come down hard on others while allowing ourselves lack. A report turned in inexcusably late by an team member might seem excusable if you’re the one turning it in – if only everyone knew the workweek you’ve had! Often, we stumble in this way not because we are trying…
Wanting something a lot has never been the same thing as having a plan. The gym membership you bought back in January, unused since March, is proof. Most Christians are running their whole spiritual life on intentions that felt real the day they were made, but fade under the real stress and busyness of life.…
You have people who know your title, your win rate, and your calendar. You may not have a single person who knows what’s actually going on underneath any of it. Somewhere between the first promotion and the corner office, most high-performing believers trade real friendship for a very well-managed reputation. C.H.E.W. with Me New here? What…
It’s been three hours since the meeting, and you’re still replaying the exact sentence you wish you hadn’t said. You’ve rewritten it four different better ways in your head, none of which happened, all of which still cost you focus you needed for the rest of your day. That loop isn’t discipline. It isn’t even…
You open the app for the third time this hour — not because you need the number, but because checking it has become a reflex faster than thought, a motion your thumb makes before your brain has clocked what it’s doing. Somewhere along the way, someone else’s number became the measure of your own work.…
You’ve told yourself you’re being faithful. Disciplined. Called to this. It’s 11:40 p.m., the deck is still open on your laptop, your spouse went to bed an hour ago, and somewhere underneath all that discipline is a feeling that has nothing to do with faithfulness at all. It’s fear of what happens if you stop.…