Acknowledge: June 13, 2022 Word of the Week

Acknowledge: June 13, 2022 Word of the Week

Acknowledge. When I was really young I lived on a farm and helped a lot with growing things. All the vegetables we ate came from our garden. I tilled, fertilized, weeded, planted, harvested and did all the work required to make things grow. My parents have incredible...
Embody: June 2022 Word of the Month

Embody: June 2022 Word of the Month

Embody. Maybe it’s because I love Marvel movies or maybe it’s because it’s a perfect analogy, either way when I hear this word I think about the Incredible Hulk.  I think about the struggle Bruce Banner had for years as he struggled to reconcile the two parts of...
Amplify: May 30, 2022 Word of the Week

Amplify: May 30, 2022 Word of the Week

Amplify : to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis : to expand one’s remarks or ideas Let yourself be loud if that’s what you want. Be open. Lift your voice.  Expand your ideas and your selfhood. ...
Refresh: Word of the Week May 21, 2022

Refresh: Word of the Week May 21, 2022

Refresh: Give new strength or energy to; reinvigorate. When I used to think of refreshing myself I would think of vacations.  Then I had kids.  Vacations are no longer vacations, they are trips and while fun, they do not often leave me refreshed.  At all.  Raise your...
Nourish: May 16, 2022 Word of the Week

Nourish: May 16, 2022 Word of the Week

Nourish: to promote the growth of; to furnish or sustain with nutriment My son didn’t sleep for the first four years of his life. Not in the way a lot of people say, like he wasn’t a great sleeper. I mean he simply didn’t sleep for more than an hour at a time and he...