How to Kill that Green-Eyed Monster Named Envy

by Mary | Everything book, Find joy today

I’ve grown up as an envious girl. I’ve envied other girls’ popularity, wardrobe, and ease in social situations. I’ve envied others’ relationships with God, family, and friends. It’s not pretty to admit, but it’s true. The most...

Branding: Put one sign in your yard

by Mary | Work Uncaged

This week I’ve been a good little runner girl, jogging several days in a row in my neighborhood. I happened upon one yard that surprised me. In it stood two campaign signs, both candidates vying for one position. It would be like seeing an Obama and a Romney...

Live Uncaged is now a real book!

by Mary | Find joy today, Heal from the past

It started as a compilation of all my posts on healing from the past. It became a free book for my newsletter subscribers. Then it morphed into a real, live physical book. I’m thrilled with how it turned out. It’s 95 pages of snippets of wisdom, hard won,...

God Can Heal Your Past

by Mary | Find joy today, Heal from the past

I grew up in a world where I didn’t feel safe. Sexual abuse at age five, three divorces, the death of my father, drug abuse permeating my childhood neighborhood—many of these traumas I kept quiet. For years. I lived under that unwritten, unspoken mandate that to...

Worry

by Mary | Find joy today

That’s me. I’m worried. I remember watching my Grandmother Mary (whom I’m named after) worry, worry, worry, vowing I would NOT grow up to be like that. And yet here I sit. Worried. I wrote a terribly (beautifully???) painful post yesterday about...