Growing up our cerebral, overachiever family placed a high value on competency. Often that translated into a critical mindset toward self and others where we frequently saw the bad, before the good. This way of being, like all patterns, became…

"And, there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do—determined to save the only life you could save."  ~Mary…

A few years ago I spoke at a statewide girls empowerment conference to a group of 300 ten to thirteen-year-olds. As I was waiting to go on stage, I overheard a small group of girls talking about their day. One of them was on fire after learning…