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Finish 2025 Strong & Start Ahead
Though I am slightly behind schedule this year, I have finally arrived to my intentional planning for the year end. It feels good to make it to this point.
My 2026 planner pages were printed out several weeks back and still sit stacked on my table in my office awaiting my intentional planning session. Every day as I walked by it, I would feel guilty for having printed them but then not doing much beyond that.
A Simple Creative Reset to Refresh Your Mind
Last week we talked about organizing our projects as we near the end of the year to prepare for the New Year. This week, we are going to talk about what we can do to have a simple creative reset that will help us refresh our minds.
I don't know about you, but
Preparing Your Business for a Fresh Start
Can you believe we've arrived to just one more month left of 2025? Whew! We are nearly there!
This last year has been challenging for a lot of people, not just me. Chances are if
Stewarding Time Well
This time of year is traditionally one of the busiest for a lot of people. If you are an entrepreneur, you likely have booked your weekends with markets and events to sell your wares so you can have income coming in. If you are an author, chances are you are wanting to join the crowd of people who commit to writing 50,000 words in the month of November so you can advance substantially on a work in progress. If you are a servant leader, chances are you have a full calendar of social events you'll either be leading or serving at to help others. Or perhaps, you are someone who is balancing work and life the best you can just to survive.
What is a Servant Leader?
To put it simply, a servant leader is someone who puts the needs of others above their own.
Most servant leaders are either already doing it without realizing it, or feel a deep calling to step into this role. If your career is in management, you are a leader. If your business serves others by teaching them a skill you are an expert at, you are a leader.
How to Start a Ministry Around Your Message
When was the first time you felt called to lead a ministry? Do you remember what that calling was?
Not every ministry looks like leading from a pulpit. It could be a podcast, a book, a business, leading a community, or encouraging others. If you've ever felt
How to Write a Book Around Your Message
Your Life. Your Story. Your Message.
Whether you've lived a life filled with joy or walked over the fiery coals to get where you are today, your life tells a story. The question is...what do you do with it?
Build a Business Around Your Message
This blog post best serves an individual who has either contemplated starting a business or is currently running a business as themselves. It also includes Authors wanting to brand themselves better.
How to Steward Your Story
Often we struggle with knowing when to speak and what to share. Sharing your testimony is courageous. But what comes after you share it is also important. Protecting your story while also nurturing the healing that is still unfolding, and allowing God to continue to shape you through it is important.
Just because
Why I Created Boldly Woven Magazine
Sitting at the bar in our living room, the splinters dug into my knees as I scooted forward on my stool to reach for the stack of printed remnants. With shaky hands, I carefully
Practical Advice for Stronger Writing
f I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say 'I'm not a writer, I could never do that', I could probably retire early.
This limiting belief is a lie. It's stopping you from