My Thoughts and Stories
Personal Reflections and Fun Memories
As I reflect on my life, I realize how truly blessed I am. It was that time when I walked through great loss that I found many treasures. Though there was struggle and darkness through the way, I mostly saw light in the midst of pain. It is my hope in sharing what I’ve found that you too may be encouraged and inspired. God bless.
Follow Your Dreams and Pursue God’s Glorious Will for Your Life
One night, God gave me a dream that changed my life. While the dream didn’t make much sense at the time, I felt it was a clear prompting from God. There were many ways that God seemed to be pressing, “Georgia, follow your dreams!” In my dream, I went to a distant...
How To Begin Clearing Emotional Clutter To Find God’s Beautiful Peace
Emotional clutter is damaging. It’s the insistent negative thought patterns we have toward ourselves, our circumstances, and even the people in our lives. It can consume us and harm us in significant ways. Living with the clutter distracts us from doing simple tasks...
The Difference Between Shame and Guilt and How to Handle Them
There are two feelings that are especially hazardous to our emotional and spiritual health. Since none of us are immune to them, it’s important that we discern the difference between shame and guilt and discover how to handle them in healthy ways. We commonly...
Releasing Anger: Constructive Ways to Handle One of the Stages of Grief
Because I grew up with an extremely abusive father, I thought all anger was destructive. I had to recognize it as one of the stages of grief and learn to deal with my anger in a proper and timely fashion. For me, talking to a counselor helped me express my...
Laying Down Emotional Baggage to Boost the Health of Your Relationships
Kayla ignored her surging emotions and began to carry her burdens around like emotional baggage. One day she was late for work because she overslept and couldn’t find her keys. Next, she got stuck in traffic and realized she’d forgotten her lunch. By the time Kayla...
Discerning Want vs Need: Discarding Desires to Build Healthy Relationships
We all have hopes and dreams. While we wish they each could be fulfilled, the reality is some desires need to be let go. We must learn to discern want vs need. Problems can arise when legitimate desires become distorted by wrong thinking. When we begin to confuse our...
Watch Over And Protect New Beginnings
I love the new beginnings of spring. Earlier this season as I walked in my garden I noticed the deer had nipped off the tulip stalks before they even had a chance to bud. I felt sad and angry. Sad because I have to wait until next spring to see my tulips bloom, and...
The Gift of Forgiveness
Are you giving yourself the gift of forgiveness? Early one spring, I was hard at work, clearing my garden of dead plants and leaves from the prior season. Hidden beneath some of the decaying matter, I saw small, bright green stalks of daffodils. Not far from that area...
How Can I Heal after Betrayal? (Part 2)
A couple of weeks ago, I gave you two tips to help you start to heal after betrayal. It’s something many of us have faced in our lives, and it’s not always an intuitive process as we begin to ReBUILD our lives afterward. We talked previously about… 1) Gathering a...
How Can I Move Past the Hurt and Shame of Betrayal?
Several years ago, I discovered my fiancé had been having a secret relationship with a married woman for more than a year. That shame of betrayal rocked my world even more than my divorce had. Afterall, I had written several books on How NOT to Date a Loser and 12...
