Healthy Living How To

Vanessa Rae Romero

Stinky Feet

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Feet. Most of us have two of them. I despise them. I guess you could say I have the opposite of a foot fetish. You want to make me squeamish – put your feet on me. My feet are not little or cute. They’re also not thaaaat bad either. I mean, I’ve seen some of… [Continue Reading]

Trust the Sparks

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I recently came home from a conference FIRED up. I had pages and pages of notes that I had whittled down to ten ideas to pray on and implement. I put my blinders on and GOT. TO. WORK. Then boom. I get sick. I mean, I haven’t been this sick since before we started our… [Continue Reading]

Messes and Messages

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The enemy loves to use our mistakes and torment us with feelings of guilt and shame. If you let him, he will remind you of every mistake you’ve made since you were like seven years old. But God. God wants to use our messes and make them our message. One of the biggest mistakes I… [Continue Reading]

I Am…

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It wasn’t all that long ago that I was drowning by the weight of what others said about me. And if I was drowning then, today, I am swimming against a current getting stronger every day. I haven’t arrived but I am making progress. Two things that have helped me, “I am” statements and worship… [Continue Reading]

Youer Than You

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A great philosopher by the name of Dr. Seuss once said, “Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is YOUER than YOU.” It takes courage to be different. But the truth is, you’ll never succeed at being YOU if you’re trying to be someone else. Join the… [Continue Reading]

Perfection, Procrastination, Fear

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I’m an all or nothing type of gal. I also tend to be a wee bit of a perfectionist. Which means, if I can’t give something my all, either I don’t start or I never finish. Some of my friends might be surprised by this because I seem to get a lot of shiz done…. [Continue Reading]

Leaving on a Jet Plane

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We were supposed to be leaving on a jet plane tomorrow for an all-expense paid trip to Banff, Canada. It’s a trip we earned for being top leaders in our company. Only, Tom was going to fly home early, so that we didn’t miss out on our weekly Thursday/Friday visit with our grandson. Initially, I… [Continue Reading]

Nobody Is Ever Going To Want You

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“Nobody is ever going to want you.” Those were the final words that were spoken to me when I walked out on an abusive marriage for the last time. I had an almost 2-year old and a few days old baby. At the time, I didn’t think of myself as being brave. Looking back, it… [Continue Reading]

Brave Lady

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Three years ago, this pretty lady joined our team. I had never met her in person or even talked to her on the phone. It wasn’t until just a few months ago that we met for the first time. This weekend, I had the opportunity to spend three days with her at an event in… [Continue Reading]

Leadership Lies

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One of the biggest lies about leadership is that there’s such a thing as a “fearless leader.” I mean, who coined that phrase anyways? Just because someone displays confidence, doesn’t mean they don’t also experience fear. The differentiator is in the choice to take action. Today is day one of 100 Days of Brave. It’s… [Continue Reading]