I've spent more than four decades listening to the message that I'm too much. I'm too loud. I talk to much, and the volume of my voice is...

Last weekend I said yes to a wedding dress. Not for me, but for my daughter. I drove to Salt Lake City and shared with her the experience...

Since my early teen years I've been known to refer to myself as the Queen of the Universe (yes, it's capitalized like that in my head)....

While returning home from a long and revelatory 48 hours in San Francisco early this month, my carry-on bag was stopped at the airport...

...pudding?? That's how the saying goes. But this week has me thinking...the proof is in the process. All too often change is...

Last weekend I lost my shit. And for the first time in my life, I'm not scrambling to find it again. My ducks are NOT in a row, and I'm...

...or until you've (finally) learned your lesson. Many years ago I was in a chiropractor's office and saw a paper on the bulletin board...

I volunteered recently to help a group of men in a drug and alcohol treatment facility in Kenya. I taught them about the links between...

Do you ever come across something that strikes you like a 2x4 across the temples? I had that happen this week. On a road trip to Denver,...

Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Burned out. Tired of being tired, and even more tired of trying to figure out how to end the cycle, the endless...

Acceptance is the currency of peace. It will not buy you rabid joy or crushing sorrow, its worth is nothing so grand as these fairy tale...

What does it mean to "earn?" What are the ways one can earn, and what are the forms of payment one can expect? For most of my life, I've...

So many of us live as though there's a referee looking over our shoulder, just waiting for us to break the rules so the whistle can blow,...

What if you're already there, the culmination of your dreams is already written in your calendar and all that's left for you to do is...

I've always been rather fond of that old saying, "wherever you go, there you are." When I was younger, it made me feel like I would never...

You'd be amazed what you can learn hosting a women's retreat. Following the inaugural weekend of FEnomenon, I was blessed to receive with...

Hello, my name is Deb...and I am a recovering force-a-holic. A pusher. Not like a drug pusher. No, I am a "I will push, pull, or drag...

My husband and I have a date night each week, a practice for which I am deeply grateful. It's a long-standing tradition which I treasure...

Over the last several years I've learned some lessons of monumental proportions. But none have been as powerful as learning to live in...

I had an big, blessed rant planned for this post. I was going to share all of the ways I've been told throughout my life that I'm too...