by Brenda L. Yoder | Nov 10, 2018 | Coaching, Hope Beyond the Image, Life
November brings hopes and expectations of good things. There’s a longing to come home for the Thanksgiving holiday with gatherings of family and friends. You anticipate building memories filled with warmth and security. It’s one reason Hallmark Christmas movies are...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 31, 2018 | 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....
by Brenda L. Yoder | Feb 27, 2018 | Coaching, Faith
A young mom, I laid sobbing on our couch in our basement. It was my reaction to a comment I received that day. A comment which validated feelings of unworthiness and unacceptability. I laid there, loathing myself. “Why did you make me this way?” I asked God. His...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jan 26, 2018 | Coaching, Parenting
About 80% of the kids said parents give them free internet reign on their phones and devices. This was a high school health class full of kids who couldn’t drive yet, whose emotional side of the brain is more active than the decision making side of their brain....
by Brenda L. Yoder | Sep 21, 2017 | Coaching, Life, Parenting
I fell into bed at night, feeling like my head was pinned against a wall and there was no way out. The next day would be the same—up at 5:30 am, get the baby sitter, get the kids to school, teach high schoolers, rush to a volleyball game, help kids with homework, get...
by Brenda L. Yoder | May 18, 2017 | 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...
