Offer What You Can

My friend and mentor, Christina Baldwin, often says: “Ask for what you need, offer what you can.” I’ve written recently about asking for what we need (click here and here to read those posts,) but that’s only part of the story. We also need to offer what we can....

To Send or Not to Send

I’ve been doing a lot of things that scare me lately. I’ve been speaking up and speaking out more than ever before. Even though I have thoughts like: What are they going to think of me? What if they don’t like me? What if I’m wrong?

Yes or No?

Often, I have a hard time saying “no.” But if I can’t say no, then I can’t really say, “yes.” If “no” is not on the table, then I believe I have no choice. I have no boundary. Whatever you want is what I feel I have to...

I Wonder What You Think of Me

This morning after I dropped my son off at preschool, I went running. Normally, I wouldn’t tell you that. Why? Because you might think I was lazy, or a bad mom, or self-centered, or shallow, or any of a million other things I have no control over. But I just re-read...