Control

Win a Copy of It’s All Under Control!

September 18, 2018
Anita Ojeda
Book Reviews, Book Talk Tuesdays, Non-Fiction, Self-Help
5 Comments

Do You Ever Feel Like Nothing’s Under Control? Maybe you need to read Jennifer Dukes Lee’s latest book, It’s All Under Control: A Journey of Letting Go, Hanging On, and Finding a Peace You Almost Forgot Was Possible Jennifer is my kind of person—real, witty, friendly, and struggling to get all the things done (in just the right way). And just like me, she struggles with her inner control freak. Unfortunately, she (and everybody else in this world) can’t control…

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How to Give Your Busy Brain (and Weary Soul) a Rest

September 16, 2018
Anita Ojeda
Inspire Me Monday, Self-care + Academic/Artistic Wholeness, Self-care and Nurture
8 Comments

  Today’s Self-Care Sunday guest author knows all about growth mindset. She also knows the pitfalls of constantly taking on new things and soaking in knowledge like a sun-parched Iowa cornfield. Jennifer Dukes Lee shares with us the connection between stilling our minds and surrendering our hearts. How to Find the True Rest that Your Soul Needs I know how this noisy world can get in the way of me hearing God’s still, small voice. So, in the past few…

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What Happens When We Give Up Control?

September 6, 2018
Anita Ojeda
Non-Fiction, Self-care and Nurture, Self-Help
14 Comments

I Can’t Control the Rain Each evening I take a walk by the gully, around the back of the school property. Sometimes, lightning flashes on the horizon, and rain clouds threaten. After a hard rain, the mud shrivels as it dries, leaving a curled-edge puzzle scattered across the gully flats. The desert sun beats down and dries the clay-like mud that shatters if you toss or step on it. This year seems different. The monsoons came late and the desert…

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