God The Mechanic

In this world it is impossible not to get wounded. Whether it is from our own carelessness and concupiscence or from that of others or straight up maliciousness, we all procure wounds along the way. I’ve been doing a lot of research and personal work on wounds lately. It’s the kind of stuff that is

Bedrock

Remember to stay posted for the upcoming Grateful Blessed Mess Podcast! Listen to the sneak peak here! …. Now back to the blog. Have you ever been going through a painful time in your life, but for the life of you, you cannot figure out why? How you got here or why this particular thing

Refining The Phlegmatic In Me

Another post I wrote for Metanoia Catholic!! An especially vulnerable reflection from the heart. The scales fell from my eyes while I listened to this week’s latest episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast. After taking Metanoia Catholic’s temperament assessment, I found out my main temperament is Melancholic. Off the bat I was able to recognize

Motherhood

I have found that a mother does not need to be Someone who birthed you or taught you to speak. A mother, we women, are all called to be To nourish the mind, heart and soul tenderly. A guide for the lost or those just starting out. A haven for those who are burdened with

Humility – The Soil of the Interior Life

I’ve been trying to write about humility for a few days now and I keep getting stuck. With the start of this virtue series, I determined (probably in response to a Holy Spirit nudge) Humility to be the best place to start because without it, there is no spiritual life…but I’ve had a hard time

Freedom From Bondage

Bondage. That’s how I would describe the life I didn’t even know I was trapped in these last 33 years. Trapped in my own head, fighting with people, places and things that weren’t behaving how I thought or assumed they “should” be, and feeling the pain and distress this caused to the nth degree.  Now,

Image and Likeness

I Am Who Am Tells me who I am And in that my dignity lies His Image and Likeness Are clues to my Christ-ness Ipse or alter both true. His Image is Union E pluribus Unum Our God is never alone Eternal Communion The key, no delusion, To why we’re created at all. His Likeness

What’s Your Transcendental?

Truth, Goodness, Beauty. Allow me to attempt a brief explanation before we dive in. In the Catholic church, these three properties are something that elevate our hearts and minds beyond the material and ultimately lead us to God. I love the description that they are seen as “evidence of God’s fingerprints on the world”. They

The Beauty of What IS

You know how you can hear the same thing time and time again, and then all of a sudden it just blows your mind and changes everything? I’ve recently had that experience. I’m realizing that for so long I have been viewing the world with this lens of error identification. It’s not a bad thing,

This is Me

When it comes to prayer, I’ve been told only two things are necessary. First, you need to show up, and second, you need to be honest.  There’s a recording of the rehearsal of the song, “This is Me”, from the movie, The Greatest Showman, in which you can actually see the transformation of the singer