Where Do I End and Where Does Someone Else Begin? Overcoming Fawning

Where do I end, and where does someone else begin? Many who struggle with people pleasing often struggle with understanding healthy boundaries. This is a struggle for co-dependents or people-pleasers because they were taught from a young age to take on the needs and cares of everyone around them at the expense of themselves. It’s not just denying oneself, it’s […]

What Does Christian Hospitality Look Like in a Busy World?

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. -1 Peter 4:8-9 NIV Nearly thirteen years ago, after my husband and I moved to a northern Chicago suburb, I distinctly remember going to the grocery store for the first time in a new area. Navigating the store, I […]

Are You Hiding?

Fish Full Life Reflections: November 1st This may be a strange confession, but I don’t enjoy talking about myself. Can anyone else relate to this? Do you deflect questions from anything related to you? Or you quickly ask a question which would denote a long response from others? Or maybe, you just remain silent and let others talk? I have […]