Tag: Wallflower Women

How to Slaughter a Slander Giant

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #FreedomWalker  #TimetobeYOU! Being the target of gossip can make me feel anything from uncomfortable to offended. When it evolves into slander I want to take off my gloves and fight back. A recent discovery of more than a year’s worth of that exact dynamic, nearly crushed me. To be more… Continue reading How to Slaughter a Slander Giant

Time to Stop the Struggle and Spill My Guts

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #FreedomWalker  #TimetobeYOU! From Work to Worship I’ve written a blog for 13 years on topics from happy reports of joyous highs to sad accounts of disastrous lows. You can find the history to the right at Views from the Loft written in an apartment in Prague and Views from the… Continue reading Time to Stop the Struggle and Spill My Guts

How to Exchange Overwhelm for Peace in 5 Minutes Flat

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! Maybe, like me, you find it hard to imagine peace in this life, especially lately. Maybe, as I have, you figure real contentment must be for folks more spiritual than you. Or the cost to get there is more than you were willing to pay. Let me assure… Continue reading How to Exchange Overwhelm for Peace in 5 Minutes Flat

Lost in a Dilemma with No Easy Way Out

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! The Lenten season has taken on a whole new look for me this year. From a countdown of sorts to a time of meaningful consideration. How does one properly honor Christ … His life, death, and resurrection? Surely, we need to bathe ourselves in His gifts of forgiveness… Continue reading Lost in a Dilemma with No Easy Way Out

What Progressive Overload Is and How It’s Transforming My Life

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! Have you ever heard the term progressive overload? It was new to me too, but the Functional Movement expert at Greenlife Wellness taught me the concept during rehabilitation. The benefits caught my attention when they began to flow into other areas of my life.

When Trauma Storms Strike, Jesus Comes to the Rescue

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! Various translations of Genesis 1:1-2 describe the earth as formless, void, empty, a waste covered by deep waters and surrounded by darkness where the Spirit of God hovered, brooded, moved over the surface. Such pre-creation chaos is an excellent illustration of trauma. And the ensuing order a display… Continue reading When Trauma Storms Strike, Jesus Comes to the Rescue

How to Respond When the Trauma Tide Threatens

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! Trauma, like grief, is neither followed nor relieved by an automatic, one-and-done process. Neither do we or our lives spring back on their own to a previous, peaceful stage. Incidents or episodes, phases or seasons that threaten and overwhelm our physical, mental and spiritual well-being sweep us away,… Continue reading How to Respond When the Trauma Tide Threatens

What Trauma Tears Apart Can be Restored

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! I felt giddy, like a kid on her first merry-go-round ride. Not a care in the world. Which was odd because my mind could always find a care … or 100. My post-workout glow had me wondering about walking the mile home. There was no way to match… Continue reading What Trauma Tears Apart Can be Restored

How to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

by Sandra Allen Lovelace  @SandraALovelace  #WallflowerWomen  #TimetobeYOU! Vision is my 2020 focus word, and Year of Vision is our blog theme. Last week To Know was outlined as a foundational step in understanding our unique, God-given design at What Would Make a Year of Vision Soar?  Today, To Go is described as the way to transform from bystander to participant in His divine… Continue reading How to Keep Your Eyes on the Prize