Live With Flair

(my daily blog)

After So Long, The Cool Rains

Finally.

July 28, 2016

Another Great Parenting and Coaching Question

I learn to ask this: “If you imagine a picture of yourself at your happiest and most successful in school, what’s happening in that picture?”

July 27, 2016

If You’re Bored: Homemade Bath Bombs!

I thought my days of summer crafts with my daughters were long gone. After all, the girls are 14 and 11. But it’s hot. And

July 26, 2016

Even in the Wilderness

Oh, how I love Deuteronomy 2:7, especially as a 40 year old woman: “The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your

July 25, 2016

True in Our Lives

I’ve been thinking about my circumstances as a way God makes certain scripture passages true in my life. What a wonderful challenge to consider that

July 24, 2016

Symbols of Fresh Starts

At Weight Watchers, I love how the leader will say, “Today is your fresh start!” after members share setbacks or struggles. All day, I think

July 23, 2016

The Fear of Learning New Things

Today I watch some of the training videos to design my writing course for a new online platform for students to access. It’s coming along

July 22, 2016

Aggressive Strategy

I find a book on my shelf called Yes, You Can! 1,200 Inspiring Ideas for Work, Home, and Happiness. A friend gave me this book years

July 21, 2016

I Write to Revise

I think about writing as rearranging the day, revising experiences for meaning and beauty, and positioning ordinary moments until I find wisdom there. Writing the

July 20, 2016

Did It Hold Your Attention?

I’m sitting in my office, eating a banana and drinking iced tea, and I’m researching attention economy and how human attention is a commodity and

July 19, 2016