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251 steps. I remember looking up at those steps and thinking, “There is no way I can climb those steps. I’m too out of shape.” I had been on a personal journey of transformation. I had started the journey weighing 349 pounds looking for a physical transformation. My intention was to lose weight and get […]

I find myself in a unique position, professionally coaching the hearts and minds of students entrusted to my formative care for a Newman Catholic college. My formal title is, “Academic Success Coach,” but really 70%  of my meetings are spent coaching on something other than academics. When a student struggles academically, often it’s because something […]

St. John Paul II would often cite a phrase from a Vatican II document, Gaudium et Spes. When I first heard it, it literally redefined how I lived my life. This phrase reads: “Man cannot know himself except through a sincere gift of self.” When I first heard those words they resonated deep into my […]

On the Wednesday of Holy Week in 2019, my beautiful girl was born.  Both now and then, my family could say that our Easter came early that year. This year she turned three on Easter Sunday! This is truly a gift and a blessing worth celebrating for so many reasons.   On the day she was […]

Have you ever tried to conquer your overthinking?  Maybe you Googled “how to stop overthinking” and read a few articles that offered some tips. And while these tips sounded great at the time, (sure, maybe they worked to a degree) quieting your mind and overcoming your fears is still a struggle.  Well, I’ve got good […]

Empathy is a beautiful gift! Consider a God who has destined us for union with Him and all the saints in the Body of Christ. How fitting that he would give us this intuitive skill to connect with one another emotionally. But like all good gifts from God, this gift of empathy has also been […]

We’ve been doing a lot of workshops in our Metanoia Catholic Academy recently to help people discern God’s voice, God’s will, and the desires of their own hearts. These are all skills that are important to master as a Christian if we want to live a life that is purpose-filled, excellent, and sanctifying. But often, […]

One of my old spiritual directors hated how much I used the “F” word.  The F word. Ya know, F… for “feel.” In spiritual direction, I would preface a lot with “I feel like…”, or “I don’t feel like…” And he noticed that much of my assessment of my spiritual life or Vocational discernment was […]

Ever feel like you are confessing the same sins over and over again, or that you’ve got bad or vicious habits running on default that no amount of white-knuckling effort has been able to reduce? Issues like these show up a lot in our coaching, and the common solution we hear clients share (which often […]