Just this morning, Grace and I picked the Meyer lemon that has been growing for over a year on our little tree. One beautiful sunny yellow lemon. On the surface, you may be wondering why this is significant–it’s just one lemon, right? Last winter was especially challenging. I was deep in the thick of writing Cultivate, and slowly coming out of one of the hardest seasons of my life. But, there on the lemon tree (who had somehow lost all…
The 2018 PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner releases one week from today, and what I’m about to say may make you do a double-take: You don’t need PowerSheets to cultivate what matters. Have they helped thousands of women? Yes. Are the 2018 editions our best yet? Most definitely. Do I believe that they will help you uncover and make progress on your goals? Yes, but you technically don’t need any thing to live intentionally. There’s something you need before you even…
From my days as a personal trainer to where I am now, I have seen it all with goal setting! I’ve seen people’s lives transform in profound ways and I’ve also seen people chasing their tails–not making progress, lacking motivation, and eventually giving up. Photos by Gina with my good friends Brooke and Bailey… and a first peek at the 2018 PowerSheets! 🙂 Over the last 15 years, I have led the Making Things Happen Conference 52 times, witnessed thousands of PowerSheets journeys,…
This may seem like an unusual place to start one of my monthly goal posts, but I’ve never felt more connected or passionate about cultivating what matters than I feel this week. I don’t know what you are experiencing right now. Perhaps you are hurting. Perhaps you are not sure how to feel. There have been hurricanes and fires, earthquakes, suffering all over the world, and unfathomable loss in Las Vegas. My initial reaction was to fervently call on God…
In this new season, these 5 reminders are keeping me moving in the right direction. Maybe you need one of them—or all five today, too! 1. Peonies grow through the dirt, and so do we. If there’s something you’ve been wanting to do or start, but you haven’t made progress yet, consider this: are you afraid to get your hands dirty? If we can’t do something perfectly from the start, many times we don’t even give it a try, am I…