Category: Career

  • Paycheck or Purpose?

    Paycheck or Purpose?

    What is this career area of my life? Why is it shaping me? How is it affecting my energy, peace, relationships, decisions, freedom, purpose, and future? I have done work that looked responsible on the outside while something in me kept getting quieter. I know what it is to be productive and still feel strangely…

  • AOL?!

    AOL?!

    It’s not what you think! AOL refers to the Areas Of Life – not America Online! These are the areas I define in LifeNudge. The seven areas are not sacred, and they are not new. Many models already exist. I’m simply using the seven that help me see my life clearly. These areas have worked…

  • Do What You Love…

    Do What You Love…

    I remember seasons when I told myself I was lucky because I loved the work. That sounded noble right up until the work I loved started stealing my sleep, shortening my patience, and making my joy feel strangely expensive. Loving something does not mean it is loving you back. We segment life because life keeps…

  • You Have Great Potential!

    You Have Great Potential!

    Being told you have potential sounds like a compliment—until it starts to feel like a burden. At first, it feels affirming. Someone sees something in you. They notice ability, promise, possibility. But after enough report cards, warnings, expectations, and disappointed looks, “you have potential” can quietly turn into, “you are not enough yet.” That tension…