Keeping a scripture journal is a great way to find nuggets of things that are important to you in each season of life. As I read the Book of Mormon, from cover to cover, I am curious and interested in what God has to say about grit! Dedication, hard work, perseverance, devotion, enduring to the …
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Time Out for Women 2017
Time out for Women is an opportunity to be motivated and inspired. My sister, my mom, and I have been attending each year together, and we get to make an entire weekend out of it. We stay overnight, eat out, and fill our buckets for one more year. The last few years we’ve been able …
A Growth Mindset
If there is one thing that energizes me, it’s learning! I love school, workshops, classes, and anything where someone else is teaching. The challenge then is not only to make the time for learning and growth, but also do something with the knowledge you get. It’s great to learn business strategies, but learning alone doesn’t …
Mastery of the One Thing
Is it better to be pretty good at a lot of things, or truly master one thing? Does it depend on whether you are a butterfly or a hammer? As a butterfly, you can fly from one interest to the next. As a hammer, you get deeply passionate about one thing. It seems like we …
What are You Avoiding?
Eating can be enjoyable. It can distract us from our emotions. It can put us at ease when we are socializing. It can connect us to friends and family. Eating is also fuel for the day. It can give us the power we need to get through a workout, or a long day at work. …
Finding Purpose in Life
Finding out what my purpose in this life is has occupied my mind for greater than a year now. It comes at a time of changing roles in my business and at home. For the past two decades I’ve identified myself as a mom and business owner. As my kids grow up, and my business …
Westwater Canyon on the Colorado River
About 4 hours from Lehi is Westwater Canyon. It’s a portion of the Colorado river near Moab with several white water rapids. Each year we take a trip with friends that own rafts and are very familiar with the route. This trip takes all day.We drive down in the morning. Leave one car at the …
My Weight Loss Story
I’ve mentally written my weight loss success story a thousand times. In my vision, I become super skinny and everyone asks me how I did it! I always imagined my story would be something like, “I stopped eating sugar and never had a craving to over-eat again!” I wrote my imaginary “Body for Life” essay and became the …
Flaming Gorge Utah Red Canyon Lodge
An easy way to begin a journey toward mindful living, is to get outdoors! We’ve been great about getting outdoors for years, but when I let life happen to me, I don’t always use the time outdoors for a much needed mental reboot! Instead, with spotty cell service, I find myself refreshing web pages I …
Tibblefork Reservoir
In the middle of the work day, we were able to get away for 3 hours to the mountains! American Fork Canyon is just a few miles away. Tibblefork reservoir is just a few miles up the canyon, and is literally heaven on Earth! The kids brought friends. Erica, since she can officially drive other …