Editor's Blog

Well, in just one week I will be sitting in my office, talking with so many of the women who read Exemplify!
Because I am speaking at the upcoming A Woman Inspired Conference! The conference kicks off exactly one week from today and  I will be leading a session on the first day at 11:30 am [...]

Welcome to the Lessons in Leadership Series!
We talked about 3 enemies of excellence involving pride last week. This week we are tackling two more enemies of excellence before we get to the good stuff!
Can you recall the first 3 enemies?
Pride, perfectionism and complacency.
Your challenge last week was to pay close attention to any areas [...]

Welcome to the Lessons in Leadership Series! We touched last week on the top 5 enemies of excellence. This week let’s look at the 3 that deal with pride.

Last week we talked about serving in leadership with an authentic heart. Tell me, how did your week’s challenge of focusing on any areas where you may have been offering those you lead nothing more than the word “incredible” go? I’m eager to hear if you picked up on any patterns!
This week I want to [...]

My first “real” boyfriend was diagnosed with cancer two years into our relationship. It was a hard-fought year of surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation and sadness. It was a heart-breaking year of loss, let down and bittersweet love.
I remember–months after his hair had fallen out, months after his first chemo treatment, months after he lost all his [...]

Well, ladies, I have never had this happen before!
Do you see that screen shot? Random.org actually singled out the first two entries in this contest!!! How cool is that?

The winners of the Get Revivied: A Woman Inspired Conference are:

Shannon of Resolutions ‘10
Kela of Pursuing What is Excellent
Carla of Writing to Distraction

Ladies, if you could email [...]

In our February issue of Exemplify Magazine we spotlighted an article on God’s extraordinary love in action. (You can read the article starting on page 36.)
At the end of the article, Marsha Harwood, our Marriage Channel Editor, shared this update:
Since this article was written, the Maasai people have had some rain but because the ground [...]

What do you need to surrender today to be reasonably happy? Are you trusting God to take care of it, or are you still clinging to the hope that you can make a change that only He is capable of making?

Twelve or thirteen years ago I was invited to a leadership conference for students who exemplified (there’s that word again!) the potential to be leaders of excellence.
You’d think after spending 48 hours at a leadership conference I would’ve taken away much more than I did.
You know what the main lesson I learned that week was?
“If [...]

Hi Cupcakes!
Have I thanked you lately for reading this blog, supporting the magazine and encouraging me? No? Silly me!
THANK YOU!
I hope you are enjoying the February issue and are getting ready for the Lessons in Leadership series. It kicks off on Monday. I originally was going to start it this week but decided to let [...]