RESOURCES from 4word
How The Co-Founder of HGTV Handles Workplace Emotions
Women in the workplace have been conditioned to not let their emotions show, for fear of losing credibility among their peers and leaders. This lack of emotional freedom and balance has left workplace environments grossly unbalanced. Susan Packard, co-founder and former COO of HGTV and… Read More
Do Emotions Have a Place at Work?
Have you ever gotten to work, pulled into the parking lot, and just sat in your car for a few moments wondering how you would make it through your work day? Your mind is swirling with worries about your child who isn't doing great in… Read More
The Top 10 4word Blogs of 2018
Every week, we love bringing you stories and blogs about topics and issues facing 4word everywhere. Before we say goodbye to 2018, we wanted to recognize the top 10 blogs you, our audience, loved! We can't exactly play favorites (would you play favorites with your children?!),… Read More
How to Keep the Christmas Joy All Year
Merry Christmas week! We hope you are spending the next few days surrounded by loved ones and celebrating the birth of our Savior. This ultimate gift given to mankind is a beautiful example of unbounded love and exactly the reason we've wanted you to embrace… Read More
Give Back to Yourself
How many of you go online to look through reviews before purchasing a product? You want to make sure you’re investing your money in something that will actually solve your problem or bring you enjoyment! Thanks to the honest feedback of others, you may be able to… Read More
Giving Back is More Than a Check Mark
When you think of the phrase “giving back,” what pops into your mind? Volunteering? Making a donation? Dr. Stephanie L. Derrick, CEO of Cloister and an author and historian, offers a slightly different perspective on the idea of giving back this holiday season (and… Read More
Don’t Survive Christmas — Celebrate It!
How's your tank doing? Full, halfway, or on fumes? It's the end of the year, a time of celebration and holiday cheer. But it's also a time that we feel stressed, rushed, and pressured to live a picture-perfect holiday fantasy. December used to be a… Read More
Stop Trying To Dictate Your Life
Have you "enjoyed" this month's topic of priorities? (We used the quotation marks on purpose!) No one is immune to struggling with how to prioritize their lives. Stay-at-home moms struggle, C-Suite women struggle, entrepreneurs struggle — you get the idea. Because priorities are such a broad… Read More
Driven or Balanced: Which Is Better?
We live in an “instant gratification” age. Need to grocery shop but don’t have the time? Use a personal shopping service. Craving some dinner from that Italian place across town but don’t feel like going out? Schedule a delivery service through an app. Need an… Read More
The Practice of Setting Priorities
As women, we juggle. It's something we just have to do. Rachel Rose Nelson, founder of Her Worth International, tells us about a tool/trick she's incorporated into her life to keep everything moving. ------ You are a wife and mom, seminary student, businesswoman and… Read More
What Your Planner Says About You
Have you ever answered/played along with the question about being stranded on a desert island and only being able to have three things? The answers to this question can be incredibly insightful into the inner workings of a person! Most people pick their favorite people or… Read More
When It’s All Too Much
Oh June, where did you go? This month has been full as we discussed finding joy, even in the midst of the least joyful situations you could imagine. We are all struggling with something. Some of us deal with more struggles, but every one of us… Read More
Suffering Can Bring Joy
I’ve been deeply moved by the stories of joy shared by real, passionate, faithful women in the workplace in the midst of suffering this month as we explore the topic of “joy.” This has been a struggle for my own family as my daughter, Annie, has… Read More
Finding Joy After Losing a Child
When Anna Bauereis’ son Alexei was tragically killed in 2016, she and her family were plunged into a world of questions, doubting God and wondering where to go next. And yet today, Anna is full of joy and seeks to use her life to impact others.… Read More
Why Is It So Hard to Find Joy?
"Are you joyful?" Have you been asked that recently? Have you ever been asked that? You're asked if you're happy, but that's not the same as joyful. In fact, in order to be truly happy, you need joy. We can feel a temporary happiness, but… Read More
How to Tune Out the Noise at Work
Before we end our discussion on simplicity this month, we wanted to share with you the article Diane Paddison wrote on LinkedIn for April. She talks about how to simplify life at work and keep your time outside of work protected. Check LinkedIn each month for more original… Read More
God Doesn’t Want You to Be Perfect
This past month's discussion on simplicity has been one of the most eye-opening and convicting yet. Would you agree? Many of us think we've toned down our lives and trimmed the fat of overcommitment, but in reality, we're still driving ourselves to exhaustion and attempting to… Read More
No Simplicity? No Intimacy.
As Christian women in the workplace, we all desire to be closer to God and grow our relationship with Him. But the relentless demands of work and family can drain not just our physical and mental energy but our spiritual energy, too. It’s not a matter of… Read More
Comparison: The Enemy of Simplicity
So how do you know you need to simplify your life? For Susan Tolles, Director of Local Groups for 4word, it took decades of over-achieving and overworking herself and her family in pursuit of perfection before she realized she needed to make a change … or… Read More
Does Being The Busiest Pay Off?
It's 8:00AM. You're either stepping out of your car, at the office, or you're still on your way. You've already been to the gym or gone through the drop-off line at your children's school. You had maybe two seconds to chug your coffee earlier that morning… Read More