Just because you think it… doesn’t mean it’s true. Albert Einstein said it best: “The world we have created is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” Taking Thoughts Captive Spiritually speaking, Scripture reminds us in 2 Corinthians 10:5 that we are invited to “take every thought captive.” In the original Greek, “taking every thought captive” uses a word for capturing prisoners of war, painting a picture of active restraint — not pass

Leading a Quiet Life in a Noisy World As you know, I often write about redefining success. I came across this striking quote earlier this week and wanted to share it with you. It beautifully captures my life mantra: “We urge you, brothers and sisters… to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life.” (1 Thessalonians 4:11) My definition of success has narrowed down to a quiet life—not a famous life, not a be-the-best life, not a stressed life. By quiet, I mean intentional, insp

As a therapist—and a human being—who’s a recovering (and sometimes relapsing) control-freak-perfectionist, many of my writings keep returning to the themes of ambition and redefining success. A Truth I Keep Circling Back To Lately, I keep circling around a certain truth, and I want to share it—I hope it will encourage you, too: You can have big dreams for the future and still be completely content in the present. And they can flip-flop, because life is unpredictable, messy, a