by Kathy Collard Miller | May 28, 2017 | anger, anger management, anxiety, belief, communication, God's heart, God's love, gratitude, knowing and understanding God, overwhelmed feelings, prayer, Trust, worry
The winner of the book drawing for Dealing with the Elephant in the Room by Mike Bechtle is Mona!!!! Congratulations! I’ll email you. Although there weren’t comments on the blog post, I received several entrants through email, so Mona, I know...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 10, 2017 | anger, anger management, anxiety, assumptions, beliefs, contentment, demands, hope, Never Ever Be the Same, overwhelmed feelings, people pleasing, perfectionism, why do I do what I do
There’s a reason you do what you do. Let me tell you a story. I had signed up to take refreshments to our adult Sunday school class. The sign up sheet for that month had been passed the previous month and I’d signed up knowing I would be out of town...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 26, 2017 | anxiety, overwhelmed, stress, thanksgiving, Trust, truth, worry
I headed out on my jog, eyeing the storm clouds that threatened rain above me. Oh, I so want to run, and I can’t run tomorrow. I’ve got to do it right now even if it rains. But by the time I’d run a mile, the drops started and got bigger and bigger. Oh! I’m so...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 10, 2017 | anger, anxiety, freedom, fruit of the Spirit, grandparenting, hopelessness, overwhelmed feelings, parenting
Did you already put your name into the Give-Away Drawing for Raising a Young Modern-Day Princess by Doreen Hanna and Karen Whiting that was in my previous blog post? Don’t miss it! Now, let’s think about parental anger. One of the very helpful things I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 13, 2016 | anxiety, assumptions, Christmas, contentment, demands, depression, knowing and understanding God, people pleasing, perfect, perfection, perfectionism, relationships, stress
Do you want to have a perfect Christmas or a stress-less Christmas? Tweet that! Maybe you’re thinking, “When I have a perfect Christmas, that will be stress-less.” Unfortunately, the two don’t go together. Trying to achieve something...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 23, 2016 | anxiety, beliefs, blame, contempt, demands, heart change, holiness, Lewy Body Dementia, Never Ever Be the Same, perfection, perfectionism, temptations
I have long struggled with criticizing myself because my efforts and time spent feel like I’m never doing enough. I compare myself to other mothers, wives, writers, and speakers. I think, “Look at all they are doing and I’m not.” As a recovering perfectionist, if I...
