Don't you love a great shortcut - a life hack - something that makes life easier or better? That's what I think WISDOM does. Only problem was, I used to think, "It takes a LOT of time to become wiser. Or a LOT of experience." Well, recently, I realized that I have been using a shortcut to WISDOM for a long time. Today, I'm sharing that Wisdom shortcut with you. I like to think of it as "Put 100 years of wisdom in the same room and grow wiser in one day" And that's why I love the idea of "Cultivating Intergenerational Wisdom" In this episode, I share where I got the idea, how I implement it, an ..read more

The Faith To Do Hard Things? I have a saying.  "Life's not meant to be HARD; it's meant to be LIVED."   I started telling myself that sometime in my late 30's.   See, up to that point, I was always trying to make life easier. And, in A LOT of areas, I succeeded.   I simplified my home, I automated my homeschooling, I mastered budgeting, I even got on board with exercising on a regular basis. It felt like I was a real ADULT, lol!   And then God prompted me to do something NEW, something DIFFERENT, something HARD.   Because life isn't suppos ..read more

If we ENJOY reading the Bible, then we will naturally do more of it. And also, sometimes finding even 5 minutes a day to call our own is challenging! In this episode of Bragg-About Life, I share 3 main ways to read our Bible  - or as I like to call it, "Finding Your Bible Reading Style"! But, here's something that I didn't say in the episode - ANY time spent in the Word of God is potentially transformational.  One verse, quoted from memory, on repeat throughout a difficult day, is my FAVORITE way to spend time in God's Word - even if I don't actually OPEN the Bible (or OPEN the BIBLE ..read more

Do you feel guilty for not reading your Bible "enough"? Yeah, that's gotta stop!   What if a "have to" attitude is getting in the way of you genuinely enjoying spending time in the Word?   In this episode, I share the reason I stopped reading my Bible altogether for a season of my life, and the AMAZING discovery that came from that act.   Now, I don't want to spoil the ending - so listen to the episode to find out what I think about reading my Bible now!     And, here are all the goody links I promised in the episode: https://www.heavenlyplaced.com/ is my per ..read more

I didn't know that God had given me SO.MUCH.POWER. That's just 1 lesson I learned from working with a coach. I also didn't realize that the reason I lacked joy in my life was NOT based on my current circumstances - but rather on the way I was thinking about them, and feeling like a victim to those circumstances. I didn't realize that ONE THOUGHT could change my life. Finally, I didn't realize that working with a life coach would make DREAMS come true. Yes.  It souonds like an EXAGGERATION.   But how else could I describe the transformation in my life, in my marriage, in my relat ..read more

I've heard it been said - God cares more about your holiness than your happiness. Which leads us to believe - God is not interested in our happiness at all. And I think that idea is completely contrary to Scripture.   I'm gonna be honest - it breaks my heart when I ask the question "Are Christians supposed to be happy" and people resound with a confident "NO!"   Did you know that "Blessed" in the Bible (in both Hebrew and Greek) means "happy"? So, are Christians supposed to be blessed?  YES! And that's what I think the problem is. We know with our head that we ARE bles ..read more

Ever felt held back in life by your inability to MAKE MORE MONEY? Ever felt uncomfortable asking for a raise or offering to sell your product or service to someone else? Wondering why people aren't EXCITED about your stuff - EVEN if it is free?  That's because we've bought into a lie - that sales is a creepy thing that people do in a creepy way to make money for selfish reasons. And we don't want ANY part of that - nor should we!!! In this interview, Kat Schubert, co-CEO of "THE Salesgirls", is going to dispel the myth that sales is creepy, and that women can't (or shouldn't) master this ..read more

Does living life on your own terms sound, well, selfish? Have you ever wished you had more time - but when you do get more time, others seem to ask more of you? Ever wished you had more energy, but also felt like you were lazy because you could see others that seem to do more - and they never get tired? If there's anything the Enemy is good at - it's at getting us to compare ourselves And comparing leads us to either feeling inadequate (because we see others as better than us) feeling prideful (because we see ourselves as better than others) UGGGHHHH!!!! In today's episode, I created an acro ..read more

Do you struggle with anxiety?  Ever wonder if it's a spiritual failing? "If my faith were stronger, I wouldn't be fearful!"  That's a myth that I inadvertently picked up by growing up in a church that NEVER discussed issues of mental health. Let's change that!  Today, I invited Christina Adrien, LMHC to come and talk to us about  How prevalent anxiety is What are the causes Is it a spiritual failure What we can do about it I'm going to be real with you here - I struggled with anxiety long before I even knew the meaning of the word!  And then I made it worse by having ..read more

If you had to pick one word to describe your marriage, what would it be? If you chose one word to describe your ideal marriage, what woud it be? Mine would be the same - passionate.  Even before I met my husband, I wanted to have a passionate marriage. How does that saying go...Be careful what you wish for? LOL The reason I wanted to talk about my marriage - and the pros and cons of our passionate natures and our passionate relationship together - is because of this -  To dispel the myth that there is ONE PERFECT WAY for a marriage to look.   The Bible is full of pictures o ..read more