Many years ago I wrote a blog about passion and purpose. In the last blog, I stated I would share with you some of my past in nursing and the lessons I have learned about health. For all of us one of the important things about health is living out your purpose. In many articles I have read about centenarians, those who live to 100, one of the things they believe enhances long health is waking up everyday with a sense of purpose. Therefore, understanding the “why” and the purpose of our existence is important. It will help us through the stress of life and we may have better direction when we h ..read more

Early this morning I was awakened with the thought about when I became a believer in Jesus Christ and realized where I began is definitely not where I am today.  It all began on an Easter Sunday at the age of seven when I decided I wanted to be baptized.  As the Pastor made the call for people to come to the altar and receive Jesus Christ as their Savior, I chose to go.  However, my young mind made the decision not for myself but because of my parents.  When I think back on that day, I still can remember what my thoughts were.  I wanted to have the same Jesus my parent ..read more

In previous blogs, I have written about making a commitment in our journey to the healthy place and forgiving ourselves from past mistakes we have made regarding our health.  However, knowing we need to do these things and actually being able to commit and forgive are different.  I am a registered nurse and have spent most of my life in healthcare. And I still have a hard time applying the knowledge I have about health to make the necessary changes.  What is it that can paralyze us and keep us in a state of stagnation?  Why do we continue to have problems doing what we know ..read more

As this new year begins, many of you are reflecting on the year before.  This morning as I read through some journal entries from 2021, I was reminded of some things.  In the journal entries, there plans for the year (2021), hopes and dreams to improve my life.  However, as I continued to read, I noticed something.  I was still in the same place, I had not moved forward in pursuit of any of those goals.  Have you ever been here?  Have you ever felt like you were moving in circles and finding yourself in the same circumstance and predicament as before?  If you ..read more

This morning, I was led to continue with Lesson 1 in which I had written about how fear, stress, and anxiety are important influences on our health.  Stress is the #1 issue in the creation of chronic illnesses according to stress.org.  And yes, there is an entire website focused on research about stress.  Why I am so passionate about this topic is because I know it all too well because of receiving a diagnosis of Cushing’s Disease (which is over-secretion of the stress hormone, cortisol) at the age of 19.  Therefore, I feel that it is my duty to warn everyone about elevated ..read more

Like everyone in the world, my life changed at the beginning of 2020 and it will never be the same.  During this time of world-wide quarantines, there are many lessons I have learned.  I am sure you have also discovered some interesting things about yourself during this season. In January 2020, I had resigned from my job and planned to take some time to establish a health consulting business.  I had prepared financially not to work for awhile so I could get things in order.  “The Virus” was around but at the time nothing in my life had shifted. And I was scheduled to a ..read more

As I watched a video this morning, I heard a man speaking about everything has a purpose.  The thought about purpose leads me to think about what is the purpose of my own health.  What we choose to do each day is related to what we eat, how we move, and how we manage our day-to-day situations has an impact on our well-being.  Therefore, it is important to understand the purpose of nutrition, physical activity, and what I call “peace management” in order to make better choices.  How has nutrition, physical activity, and management of daily stress changed over the years?  ..read more

I would like to start out this blog with an apology to those who have looked for blog entries on this site.  Like many of you in this season, I have been going through some personal struggles and have had a hard time getting up the motivation and energy to write.  However, what I have come to understand is when you are called to do something, this is when obstacles and challenges may present themselves.  You may be going through some test and trials right now but know the scriptures noted in Romans 8:28 and Romans 8: 37 are always true. “And we know that all things work together ..read more

In our lives, there are many times where we have moments of enlightenment.   These moments seem to happen at the most inopportune times. They rarely come when we are searching for them and they tend to come unexpectedly.  God decides when He will give us revelation because He know us so well. Psalms 139:16 states, “You saw me before I was born.  Every day of my life was recorded in your book.  Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” Therefore, in reality these moments come in God’s timing and when we are ready to receive them. For me many of these ti ..read more

Our health includes many variables and one of those variables involves our perceptions of challenges and obstacles.  As I read through Numbers 13 and 14 again after writing “Coming Out of the Wilderness (Part 1), I noticed there was more truth about fear and faith.  This particular passage of scripture talks about God instructing Moses to send out spies to explore the land which He gave them.  God tells Moses to send a representative from each of the 12 tribes of Israel.  The spies where to gather fruit from the land and bring back a report.  Nowhere in the instruction ..read more