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Is This Why Relationships Fail?
If you had three seconds to state your most important relationship, what would you come up with? If you're married, it would likely be your spouse. Single? Maybe your best friend, sibling, or even parent. No matter which life stage you're in, "relationship" is an evident… Read More
A Different Perspective on Goals
It's a bonus week on the blog! Before we bid adieu to the "Dreams and Goals" topic this month, we wanted to share with you some of our favorite articles we've found around the internet this month. Happy reading! 5 Ways to Fulfill Your New Year’s Resolutions by… Read More
The Real Reason We Set Goals
"Why is it important to set goals?" After taking a month to talk about dreams and goals, this may seem like a foolish question to end on, but bear with us. We shared lots of advice with you over the month of January, covering personal goal setting and… Read More
How to Master Financial Goals in 2018
A new year means a fresh start. Fresh starts can be exhilarating, but they can also be overwhelming. Whether you’re jumping feet first into 2018 or hesitant to start filling in the blank pages of a new year, January is the perfect time to evaluate your financial health… Read More
New Year, New Hope
Happy New Year and welcome to 2018! There's something infectiously exciting about the first day of a new year. Your mind is probably swirling with all kinds of dreams, goals, plans, and overall joy at the promise of hope a new year tends to bring. The… Read More
Be The Gift of Change
Merry Christmas to our 4word family! As we all celebrate and take time to relax over the next few days, we wanted to not only wrap up our year on the 4word blog but also come full circle with this month's topic of giving. We discussed different… Read More
The Gift of Unity
The holiday season is a time of celebration, joy, traditions, and family. However, these traditions and memories can also trigger feelings of grief over a loss or frustration over family dynamics. I feel very fortunate to have a family that looks forward to gathering together… Read More
El Regalo de la Unidad
Le temporada navideña es un tiempo de celebración, gozo, tradiciones, y familia. Sin embargo, estas tradiciones y memorias pueden traer sentimientos de dolor sobre la perdida de alguien o las frustraciones de la dinámica familiar. Me siento muy afortunada en tener una familia que espera… Read More
The Gift of Reflection
Well hello there, December. You really snuck up on us! This time of the year is always a mix of emotions. For most of us, excitement is building for Christmas and getting together with family and friends to celebrate Christ's birth. Others may be feeling some sadness… Read More
How to Choose Gratitude
November is nearly over, which means our time talking about gratitude is coming to a close, too. This month, we've heard from Sharon Purcell about how she and her husband are able to list all they are grateful for following her husband's battle with prostate cancer. Diane… Read More
Grateful When You Don’t Feel Like It
November: it’s the month of gratitude. As we gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, many of us will be sharing around the dinner table what we’re grateful for. I love the opportunity that the holiday season brings to focus on gratitude and celebrate our blessings with loved ones. … Read More
Agradecida cuando no te apetece
Noviembre: es el mes de la gratitud. Mientras nos reunimos para celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias, muchas de nosotras compartiremos lo que agradecemos durante la cena. Me encanta la oportunidad que brinda la temporada de vacaciones para centrarme en la gratitud y celebrar nuestras bendiciones… Read More
Be Grateful (For Real)
It's November. Can you believe it? A new month means a new discussion topic for the 4word blog, and this month's theme may seem expected: we're talking about gratitude. Before you roll your eyes and say something like, "Of course it is!", let's look a little further.... … Read More
How To Rank Your Priorities
Before October ends, we wanted to provide you with just one more dose of "priorities" with some articles and blogs we've discovered over the month. Do you have a personal story about what you've learned about priorities this month? We'd love to share it! Send us… Read More
What Do Your Priorities Say About You?
As we near the end of this month's discussion about priorities, what have you learned? As we read in the first blog this month, it's so easy to get caught up in the plate-spinning act each day without realizing that we've thrown plates into the air… Read More
What NOT To Prioritize
When I think of courageous women of faith, I think of Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie and her family helped Jews escape the Nazis in The Netherlands and she later was imprisoned in a concentration camp. How, then, could Corrie Ten Boom pen these now famous words:… Read More
Where Is Your Treasure?
Priorities. This shouldn't be a new word or concept to any of you. As women in the workplace, we are daily playing a plate-spinning act, trying to balance work priorities with home priorities. And just when we think we have our schedules and workloads figured out, something… Read More
Step Into Your Purpose
Have you enjoyed this month's discussion on purpose? We forced ourselves to really look deep and decide if we knew our purpose or not. We were encouraged to not just embrace the purpose that has been revealed to us but to also value our worth. We were instructed to… Read More
Finding Your Purpose Takes Focus
Finding your purpose is one thing. Staying on course with your purpose and shaping your life around it is a whole other story. Author, leadership expert, and longtime friend of 4word, Valerie Sokolosky, shares her thoughts on purpose and how mentorship plays a vital role in successfully… Read More
Be Secure in Your Worth
This week, 4word is celebrating Giving Day, a chance for our community to join together and contribute to the mission of 4word as we reach more women in the workplace. (Click here to join me and contribute between now and September 14th!) I am humbled daily… Read More