How To Be Joyful When Life Gets Crazy

It's Fall!  I know... you'd never know it in Texas. Fortunately, Mike and I made two trips to Vermont this season, so I can say with certainty that Fall is here.        Fall doesn't just mean pumpkin lattes and getting annoyed at Christmas music playing before Halloween (I not-so-secretly love that they play it so early). …

The Quietly Confident Club

My new vision for my mission: Confident Women Create Confident Women. How better to foster the spread of confidence than through a club?

#AdjustingToCountryLife & A Tale of Bad Customer Service

If you follow me on Facebook or have ever come across my #adjustingtocountrylife pics on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve probably already seen some of the learning experiences I’ve had since moving out of the city (such as thinking we DO need a tractor to take out the trash!). Or perhaps you’ve seen our boxer dog, Hazel, as she …

Why Your Worth Is Greater Than Your Outcome

So often, we attach our self worth to the outcome of our attempts... and when you start something new knowing it might not work, that can be damaging.

How To Help Me Support the ULTIMATE Support Network

Cancer touches us all. In the past few months, it has come too close to home for me. Join BQC and Team ReJoyce to learn about the ultimate support network and how you can help support it. 15% of Confident Complexion sales until April 10, 2105 will be donated to The Weekend of Hope.

The 5 Components of Confidence

Thinking of confidence as having specific components makes it easier to focus on strengths and improve areas that could use a little TLC!

Identifying & Curing My Analysis Paralysis

I get a total kick out of that phrase. Analysis paralysis. It’s the most perfect way to describe how I feel about most decisions. At least, I used to. I guess less paralysis comes with more confidence. Right now, as the Mr. and I go through the process of trying to buy a new home, …

On Purpose

Purpose feels like a new discovery for me. When I say purpose, I mean like a mission. Sure, I had goals before…I never would have made it through grad school without goals. But really, I lived day-to-day without thinking about where my energy was being directed. Sometimes, it was more like “staying afloat.” First off, …

This Might Not Work: The Importance of Failure (Part II)

The second half of why failure needs a bigger role of acceptance these days and what inspired me to start writing about it.

This Might Not Work: The Importance of Failure (Part I)

Why it's important that we decide to try something that might not work... and what inspired me to do just that!