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Comfort, Candy & Kabobs
What You Missed Mondays with Diane My Life’s a Mess, and That’s OK Strive for success but if your work life gets messy - that's okay! Jordan Johnstone shares with us her thoughts on how we should respond when life (both at work and at home) ends… Read More
When Someone Else is YOU: Protect yourself against identity theft
Identity theft. It's something you always hear about, but chances are you might not know just how at risk you (and your children) are. Rose Barker joins us today to tell us what to be on the lookout for, and shares with us a way to protect yourself.… Read More
My Life’s a Mess, and That’s OK
All my perfectionists out there, raise your meticulously cared for and sanitized hands. "Mess" and I have never gotten along. I legitimately got in trouble in Pre-K because I didn't want to finger paint. Way too messy. I mean, who really wants their hands covered in paint… Read More
Giveaway, God & Grilling
What You Missed Mondays with Diane When It's All Too Much, Find Rest Diane opens up about her daughter’s health struggles and what a huge impact they have had on her life over the past year. She talks candidly about how hard it can be to set time… Read More
My Fixer Upper Journey: Working with Chip and Joanna Gaines
Laura Stafford, designer at Magnolia Homes and on HGTV's Fixer Upper, talks with us about career uncertainty and learning the importance of rest. ------ 4word: Tell us a little about your story and how you came to work at Magnolia Homes. Laura: I grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and… Read More
When It’s All Too Much, Find Rest
None of us are immune to health challenges, whether they are personal or affect someone close to us. A major health crisis can threaten to throw the balance off in every area of our life, consuming our time, energy, and faith for a season or longer. Is it possible to… Read More
Dating, Double & Dad
What You Missed Mondays with Diane How to Recover From “Butijust” Syndrome We've all allowed ourselves to succumb to "ButIJust" syndrome at one point or another. When life gets busy, it's tempting to put off the things we need to do to take care of ourselves… Read More
Giving Her the Spotlight
Eldridge and Alicia Broussard are both busy professionals working to juggle their careers with their family time. When Alicia received an exciting and sizeable promotion at work, Eldridge made a drastic decision about his career path in response. ------ 4word: Eldridge, can you share your background with our… Read More
How to Recover From “Butijust” Syndrome
Knock, knock. “Mom?” Hand goes up. “I’m working.” “But I just wanted to see if it’s OK for the neighbors to come over and swim.” Knock, knock. “Mom?” Hand goes up. “I’m working.” “But I just need you to transfer some money into my account for…” Knock, knock. “Mom?" Hand… Read More
Retirement, Rejuvenation & Recipes
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Confessions of a New Christian On the blog this week, 4word staffer Lisa DeLuca shares how she came to know Jesus. Read her encouraging story and share with someone you know who is a new Christian! Wednesday Interview Run to… Read More
Run to Him for Rest
“Rest” and “peace” are noticeably absent in almost everyone’s lives, and yet, they are vital to being at the top of our game. Susan Thomas, author of The Best Life and Girlfriend Revolution, and co-founder of Keystone Church, shares her advice for finding and maintaining time to rest.… Read More
Confessions of a New Christian
My testimony is unique (aren’t they all?) in that I came to Christ somewhat recently and am able to remember the distinct moment my spiritual eyes were opened. I am grateful because my life was not “bad” before I became a Christian. In fact, it was quite the… Read More
Classes, Credit & Cubes
What You Missed Mondays with Diane 5 Steps to Becoming a "Super-Worker" No one wants to be an overworked, overSTRESSED professional, but being an underperforming and laid-back professional is not desirable either. Diane Paddison shares her five tips for becoming a Super Worker, streamlining your life to make it… Read More
Sowing Empowerment in Sudan
When Missy Williams and her husband, David, were told repeatedly that their mission to help empower the people of South Sudan was a waste of time and resources, she knew her journey to bring Seed Effect to life would be a difficult one but also incredibly rewarding. Read… Read More
5 Steps to Becoming a “Super-Worker”
If your everyday workload regularly leaves you feeling frantic, you’re probably doing it wrong. Over decades in the business world, I’ve observed thousands of different approaches to work and time management. The least successful approaches tend to leave people feeling pressured and overworked, while the best time-managers seem… Read More
Careers, Christians & Chewbacca
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Time Management: Non-Negotiables and Seasonal Swings In the world of working women, time management is a hot topic. With only 24 hours in each day, how can women juggle all the responsibilities of a job, a marriage, and a… Read More
Waiting on a Miracle
In the final part of our three-part series on embryo adoption, we spoke with Misti Sanders, the second woman to adopt the Henderson’s embryos. She talks with us about her and her husband Jeremy’s walk in faith through infertility treatments, news that IVF would likely not be successful,… Read More
Time Management: Non-Negotiables and Seasonal Swings
In the world of working women, time management is a hot topic. With only 24 hours in each day, how can women juggle all the responsibilities of a job, a marriage, and a family, and still find time to care of ourselves - sleep, and maybe exercise?… Read More
Fights, Faith & Firsts
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Use Technology to Get Organized We often allow technology to distract us from our work (and home!) responsibilities, so why not use technology to get organized instead? Jordan Johnstone shares four digital organizational tools anyone can use to help… Read More
A Unique Journey to Motherhood
We continue our exclusive embryo adoption interview series by talking with Kelli Gassman, who adopted the embryos of Chris and Rebecca Henderson. Kelli shares with us her and her husband’s journey to become parents and the unique relationship they have with the Hendersons today. ------ 4word: What… Read More