☕💘Take a 5 second celebration!
Hello Beloved!
Recently we talked about how you’re not a house – you don’t have a deadline to finish growing and improving.
You don’t have an end date for living intentionally with passion and purpose as God’s beloved. It’s a journey.
And, honestly, houses STILL need work – even after people move into them!
Perhaps overhauling your schedule, decluttering your whole house or meal planning for the month is your jam.
If so, that’s AWESOME.
… but don’t underestimate the power of your small, incremental changes. Those shifts often help you make great habits, which help you improve your quality of life. More time and energy for what matters most to you – yay!!
- Like putting a filled water bottle on your nightstand so you get hydrated in the morning.
- Or consciously savoring the first few sips of your coffee.
- Or even putting your phone in a different room for half an hour so you can be present with your people.
To be clear, I’m definitely NOT an expert about this. Heck, this is a big reason Coffee Chats and Yoga Mats exists – to help dreamer-doers like myself grow with grace and less guilt.
But, beloved, I encourage you to do one thing:
Acknowledge the small changes or habits you’re already doing that have been life-giving. Celebrate it. Hug yourself. Fist bump yourself in the mirror, whatever. That’s AWESOME.
This should take about 5-30 seconds.
And if you’d like to share what you’re doing, I’d LOVE to hear from you. It’d be so cool to share some of the things that this community has been doing with each other!
Cortney
I’m Cortney, a recovering over-achiever and God’s beloved who loves helping fellow Christian women like you embrace your God-given gifts so you have the confidence to live authentically.
I’m also a full-time mama to two sweet little boys, wife to my best friend, motivational speaker, and part-time Christian life coach. Chai lattes, strong coffee, podcasts, yoga, dance, and fairy tales nourish my soul and add sweetness to life.
Discovering the joy of embracing my God-given gifts and who He created me to be was a game-changer—a journey that brought freedom, unexpected delights, and relief from guilt. Finally, I felt free to be myself and ditch the pressure of being someone I wasn’t.
Incorporating those gifts into my day—from weekly planning to deciding on commitments, nurturing my marriage, and parenting—transformed everything. Now, I can’t imagine life without the perspective of fully embracing who God created me to be. I was missing so much without it!
