by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 21, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Coaching youth sports is becoming a pretty big deal to me. As our third child is knocking on the door of playing, and me coaching, it consumes a fair amount of time. And I love each minute. I even had the opportunity to help coach a local school basketball team this...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 20, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
My kids are definitely mini-me versions of my wife and I. It is one of the joys of parenting, seeing a small person who looks just like you and/or your spouse. On occasion we’ll pull out our childhood pics, and ask the kids “who is this?”, and most...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 19, 2013 | PerseveRING, Raising Kids
You may have heard the phrase, the “dog days of summer”, that grueling stretch of summer when the heat is pretty close to unbearable. Days are so hot, that doing the simplest of tasks outside become draining, and you almost dread going out. Your goal...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 18, 2013 | Faith, RestoRING
Many days I feel like I do not have enough time in the day to do the things I have planned. You too? It is frustrating! Checking off five of the ten tasks I have on my list, missing a deadline for a writing assignment, or not even touching the project I am working...
by Guest | Feb 16, 2013 | Faith, RestoRING
This is a guest by by Dr. Minette Riordan, co-author of From Fizzle to Sizzle: 4 Crucial Tools for Relationship Repair. She is a creativity and relationship coach who loves helping women reconnect with their creative, vibrant selves and build a more positive vision...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Feb 13, 2013 | Communication, PerseveRING
I’ve been married almost 12 years, but my wife still pushes my buttons. And I know I still push hers. This week was no exception. I’ll be honest, this was the first day this week we’ve really had some decent conversation. Most of the silence was...
