Idaho 6A State Soccer Champs, courtesy of soccerwire.com Last Saturday, my daughter's high school soccer team won the Idaho 6A State Championship for the second year in a row. They have been ranked among the top 25 teams nationally on two polls, all from a school with fewer than 1,400 students in three grades. It was a very exciting season, and they have been really fun to watch as a team. I'm incredibly proud of their hard work and dedication. There is a lot of individual ta

Fall to Winter to Fall (and later Spring) in one day. Girdwood, Alaska. Mine would be to wake up in a cabin, go on an amazing hike, finish in a hot tub, and then enjoy a good meal. That happened this past Saturday, and I didn’t even really plan it. I was open to it. Rod joined me in Anchorage after I spoke at a conference. We picked a place about an hour away that sounded interesting and took a gamble on a rental cabin. I knew it was the right place when the owner left fancy

What nurturing relationships looked like in my life this week: my in-laws at the district soccer game! Nurturing your relationships is the most overlooked part of healthy aging. I’ve spent this week in Anchorage, Alaska, sharing about stress management and my Real STRength framework with customer service, credit, and collections members of the Northwest Public Power Association. It has been a long time since I’ve been with a finer group of human-oriented humans. They have i

This was supposed to help. Rather than thinking all-or-nothing, just make the next best choice. I love peanut butter. Like truly love it. And I eat a lot of it. Every so often I admit that I’ve been eating too much and decide to cut back. For me, peanut butter is all-or-nothing. When I travel I don't eat any, because I don't buy it. So, I temporarily break my peanut butter habit. That usually lasts until about a week after I get home, when I take one spoonful. Within a week,

Who knew balancing a dowel could reveal so much? I used to excel at pushing my limits. It was not a secret. The pastor at our wedding even joked about my driven nature, and everyone laughed. Just as I was driven, I was also afraid of sharing my limitations, for fear of not stacking up or letting others down. I think of the countless late-night drives home after a long op, pulling over multiple times to stretch and get air so I could make it home safely. The times I was comple