by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 18, 2021 | Coaching, Faith, Life
People will fail you, but God never will. I said this to a friend when she sought my advice. I feared I would fail her because I knew my limitations, and she had already been betrayed and disappointment by so many people. I knew if she sought God over me, He...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 8, 2021 | Faith, For Women, Parenting
Vulnerable is a word I’m familiar with as a midlife mom. The last few years, everything I was sure about feels like it’s slipping away, like tequila that makes that girl’s clothes fall off. Only it’s not my clothes slipping off, it’s the...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Feb 18, 2021 | Coaching, Life
There’s a story called The Velveteen Rabbit. It’s about a stuffed animal that was drug around by a Boy during the magical moments of childhood, through sickness and fear. What is Real? the Velveteen Rabbit asked the old, wise Horse in the nursery. Being...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Feb 1, 2021 | Encouragement, Life
Anger is an emotion I’ve struggled with over my lifetime. As a child, I got angry when I didn’t feel heard, when I felt no one took me seriously, or when my feelings weren’t validated. As the youngest, the way I got my voice heard was when I yelled...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jan 24, 2021 | Coaching, Faith, For Women, Life
“I don’t know what I need” is the response I often get when I ask a client what her needs are or when people answer this question in a workshop. Many of us don’t know what our needs are. Perhaps you’ve never stopped to think about it....
