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Dwelling in Possibility: Progress Update
Last week, I attended a training in Austin about how to start a charter school. When I first heard about the training, I thought, “There’s no way I can go. It’s in the middle of May, and Henry won’t even be three months yet. I won’t be able to pump enough milk to leave him in Houston with a babysitter while I travel all the way to Austin and back. And if I did pump enough milk, where would I pump while I was at the training so my breasts don’t get engorged?”… Read MoreBut the more I thought about it, the more I realized I simply had to go. I
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Register Now: Purposeful Conception!
Registration is now open for the next Purposeful Conception Course: Preparing Your Mind, Body, and Life for Pregnancy!… Read MoreAs Henry barrels toward the three-month mark, I am still so thankful that Matt and I spent time preparing our lives for a child before we conceived.
For those of you who are thinking about conception or are actively trying, this online course will help you position your mind, body, and life for pregnancy. Over the course of five weeks from June 5 through July 8, a new lesson will be uploaded each weekday. The lessons will address a comprehensive range of topics, such as preparing your body through solid nutrition
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Book Club: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
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I’m so glad we’re moving into the habits of interdependence. The first three habits have done so much to help me increase my personal effectiveness; I’m eager to see how the last four will help me develop interdependence.
I love the anecdote about the guy who is frustrated by his wife’s jealousy and then finally admits that she’s jealous because he met her while cheating on his previous wife. Covey’s response was awesome: “You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.” That truth connects to an idea later in the chapter about living with integrity by being loyal to those who are not present (i.e., not
