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....
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jan 12, 2021 | Life
Grief is all around us. It’s there when you wake up, when you float throughout your day, when you crawl into bed. There are a lot of losses for many of us right now. Grief isn’t just from death. We’re experiencing a divide our country that we...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Nov 24, 2020 | Life
Does the image above mirror your holiday mood? It does mine. You may leave your building today with less enthusiasm or energy than you’ve ever had going into a holiday vacation. I’m not going to tell you to take care of yourself. What I am going to do is...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Oct 15, 2020 | Coaching, For Women, Life
Fall brings joy and all the feels of hot chocolate, campfires, cooler temps and cuddling by the fire. It’s refreshing in 2020 that ordinary, predictive events happen, like the turning of the leaves, the upcoming holidays, and change of weather. But as I’ve been...