Why is it that some executives are productive and successful at work, spend quality time with their children, enjoy dinners or date nights with their partners, and even have ample time for exercise, girls’ nights out, and sleep… While so many others don’t? Those with a high performance, productive, meaningful life know how to schedule their day for success, to get the most out of the 24 hours that each and everyone of us is …
When I was in high school my dear friend Kelly called me “Dr. Love.” We’d drive around the gravel back roads of farm country Minnesota every Sunday afternoon and talk about life, but mostly, love. I’d share my thoughts on her relationships (which I think is hilarious now since I was almost exclusively single most of my high school years). But she appreciated it, and we had fun and our friendship grew close that way. …
Hi my name is Sara. Welcome to Joy Discovered! Joy Discovered is a blog and community to inspire women to own their strength and live full lives of joy. I created Joy Discovered because I am a strong woman. And strong women are all around me. They’re my friends and family, my colleagues and Facebook friends. I wanted a place for us to come together and be real – because life is too short not …
I didn’t take pictures once we officially entered the slum. I could barely step one foot in front of the other. I volunteered in the slums of Salvador, Brazil, for 13 weeks after college. The favelas, as they were called, ran out of space for dwelling so inhabitants started building “homes” on stilts in the water (called palafitas). I visited the tiny rural village in Talanga, Honduras, where my brother Tyler volunteered for a year. …
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.” – John Lennon “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not …