By Jennifer Davis

In November 2023, my daughter Lizzy underwent major surgery on both of her legs. Her recovery has been slow and painful. Four months later, I’m doing my best to stay positive and re...

By Jennifer Davis

In September 2023, I started taking a class called Guided Mindset Mastery. One of the first assignments was to set inconsequential goals—a way of imagining and feeling something we ...

By Jennifer Davis

I’ve changed so much within myself since starting the Guided Mindset Mastery class. It’s the final week of class and the last day of November 2023, and I’m still in awe of how simpl...

By Natalie Earl

Several months ago, I was given $100, and I felt the Spirit clearly prompt me to tuck it behind my phone case. So I did. And over time, I completely forgot it was there. I carried it ...

By Natalie Earl

There have been moments in my life when I’ve found myself on my knees, pleading with God for answers. One day in particular stands out—a day when I was desperately praying to know how...

By Jennifer Davis

Five months ago, my daughter Lizzy underwent major surgery on her legs. Since then, I’ve been working to gather my thoughts, come to terms with everything, and keep my mindset stead...

By Marcianne Stewart

When I first heard Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote, “Comparison is the thief of joy,” it really resonated with me!  Naturally, I found myself using comparison three different ways—whic...

By Natalie Earl

I started working at a residential treatment center for teens struggling with anxiety, depression, and addiction. I took the job shortly after beginning my bachelor’s degree in Marria...

By Jennifer Davis

I want to share something with you—not because I want to dwell on it (honestly, I don’t)—but because if I’m feeling this way, I know others might be too. And I want those people to ...

It was time for Jodie to carry out her Phase 1 experiment in the Mindset Mastery course, but she had some questions about the "inconsequential" goal. First of all...

What is an Inconsequential Goal?

By Barb Bergman

It was the last week of September, and our family had been planning for over a month—a four-day work trip to my in-laws’ cabin in Star Valley, Wyoming, nestled near the mountains outs...

By Barb Bergman

Erica started at BYU in Provo in Fall 2017. After her freshman year, she went on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Philippines. During that freshman...

By Barb Bergman

At the end of 2017, my husband and I had just become empty nesters after spending nearly a decade in Kennewick, Washington. Scott was offered a new position at a rural hospital in Ida...

By Andrea Mabey

Dr. Gawande’s boundless energy powered his busy urology practice, his Rotary Club service, and his thrice-weekly tennis games. He also poured his heart into a rural college in India, ...

By Andrea Mabey

Have you ever imagined a hot, gooey cinnamon roll—just dripping with icing—and suddenly realized you needed one? My son John says that imagining delicious food is 85% of cooking. And ...

By Barb Bergman

In 2008, our family made a big move—from Memphis, Tennessee to Hermiston, Oregon. It was early July, and my husband, Scott (a CRNA—nurse anesthetist), had just accepted a job at a sma...