(Guest Post by Heidi Anderson)

Last night my husband showed me this video, and to say I was moved, would be an understatement.

Afterward, I found myself remembering my life as a child, with really no worries, just ambitions and the dreams of who and what I would become.

I would find myself dreaming only the biggest dreams, wondering where they would take me. I would sit at the piano for hours thinking about where I would end up and what I would do. It’s funny, looking back it was probably like every other child’s dream of being famous, or at the very least someone important.

In all that dreaming I NEVER once thought I would have struggles or experience disappointment in my life. I guess I had always thought that life would be perfect, but what I’ve come to know is that life is not perfect, it’s definitely not always easy and we don’t always get what we want out of it. In other words God has a plan, and that plan doesn’t always match ours.

Sometimes God will give us the desire of our hearts, but sometimes God will say NO! And we have to not only be OK with that, but we need to realize that no matter what, God is still God and He is still good!

Here’s the video…

(Reviewed by Heidi Anderson)

In today’s world, can a woman truly “have it all”? A fulfilling career full of passion and performance? A belief that she is truly becoming the best, authentic version of herself? A happy, healthy life outside of work?

The book “Find Your Strongest Life” really dealt with the fears and questions that women tend to have concerning taking risks. For me it really brought things out clearly as to why some of us women feel the stress of life and are overwhelmed by the decisions that we tend to make in our culture today.

In Find Your Strongest Life, Marcus Buckingham reveals the powerful key to help women draw enough strength from life to feel fulfilled, loved, successful, and in control. Even more, he helps women reconnect with their purpose and gives a starting point for change. A research-based message that applies to work and life, Find Your Strongest Life shows women a “unified theory” for how they really can have it all . . . the right kind of all.

Not being much of a risk taker myself, the book definitely gave me some guidance in following my strengths and making decisions without regret. Again not being much of a risk taker myself it did show me my strong moments and how these moments have caused me to grow and will continue to cause me to grow.