by Jeanni Shepherd | May 18, 2021 | When Change Comes
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about my reflexive actions. Too often I respond to situations or conversations with assumptions that have been true in the past, but in changing times, may not be as true now. These assumptions are so ingrained that I may not even...
by Jeanni Shepherd | May 14, 2021 | When Change Comes
Sun shining the past several days has felt so good. Warmer air, the smell of grass, birds calling to each other…change is literally in the air…change of all kinds. How tempting it is to skip through the change process to answers and activities we love. Often the work...
by Jeanni Shepherd | May 11, 2021 | When Change Comes
I am one of those TCK’s (Third Culture Kids) who, at 57 years of age, still stumbles when answering the question, “Where’s home?” Do I answer it currently, historically, emotionally, or from a family perspective? In some situation’s it’s really hard to know. For the...
by Jeanni Shepherd | May 7, 2021 | When Change Comes
This morning as I was thinking through my day, I felt anxiety tighten my chest and creep into my shoulders. I felt the inward clamoring of stuff: an email needing to be answered right away, the writing deadline in front of me that needed inspiration, the upcoming...
by Jeanni Shepherd | May 4, 2021 | When Change Comes
“Who thought this was a good idea?” cried my heart to my mind. How is it that we invest the whole of our lives into kids only to launch them into their own place in this world apart from us? What was, won’t be again. The season, the era, definitively over…And my heart...
