Category: Blogging

• Why Refueling with Family and Friends Brings Sanity {And Synchroblog}

  

  Recently, my sweet blogging friend, Linda Stoll, invited me and a few other lovely lady bloggers to join her in a synchroblog—answering the question, “What Saved My Life This Summer.” My mind immediately went to how often I feel emotionally spent by the time May or June rolls around. I’ve been blogging since February of…

  BethSteffaniak

  August 30, 2017

  Balance, Blogging, Boundaries, Choices, Connection, Discouragement, Encouragement, Friendship, Margin, Marriage, Positive Focus, Priorities, Recreation, Relief, Rest, Stress, Workaholic

  Family, Friends, Margin, Passion, Productivity, Recreation, Refueling, Rest, Stress, Vacation

• Purging Pride And Linkup is Back!

  

  As many of you know, my hubby Gary and I have wanted to get our house ready to put on the market for quite some time (we’re empty-nesters who desperately need to downsize). So I pulled away from “everything”—including blogging—for the month of June to get our house in shape for that big day that…

  BethSteffaniak

  July 5, 2016

  About Me, Anger, Attitude, Blogging, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Conflict, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Forgiveness, Humility, Love of God, Marriage, Perspective, Pride, Resentments, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Soft Heart Series, Spiritual Growth, Surrender, Truth

  Conflict, Humility, Perspective, Pride, Resolution, Soft Heart, Surrender, Trust God, Wait on God

• Giving Up on Your Marriage?

  

  I started blogging (another blog) back in Feb. 2009, and have been blogging at Messy Marriage since October 2010, so it feels like quite a long journey in many ways. For the record . . . I’ve wanted to give up on this blogging endeavor many times! I’ve felt like it’s not worth it more…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 30, 2016

  About Me, Anger, Attitude, Blaming, Blogging, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Discouragement, Emotions, Encouragement, Expectations, Faith in God, False Beliefs, God’s Redemption, Love of God, Magical Thinking, Negative Self-Talk, Pain, Patience, Perseverance, Perspective, Proactive, Realistic Expectations, Resentments, Responsibility, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Protection, Trust, Victim Mentality

  Change, Discouragement, Divorce, Faith in God, Patience, Perseverence, Seasons

• Not Here But There …

  This past week my husband and I attended the AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) conference down in Branson, Missouri. It was great to get to go and soak up all that the experts had to teach, inspire and offer us. Needless to say, I didn’t have the time to produce a video for Sloppy Joe Time…

  BethSteffaniak

  October 5, 2014

  About Me, Blogging

  Messy Marriage, Youtube

• Redeeming the Year of the Broken-Down

  I keep promising things I can’t really deliver. That is SOOOO not like me! I’ve always prided myself in my follow-through, but my life continues to be just.too.crowded. I keep thinking of the iconic scene in “I Love Lucy” where Lucy and Ethel were working in a chocolate factory and the speed is just too…

  BethSteffaniak

  May 26, 2014

  About Me, Balance, Blogging, Choices, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Priorities, Purpose, Realistic Expectations

  Balance, Brokenness, Priorities

• Blogging Friendships that Bless!

  A while back, I asked two blogging friends, Linda of Creekside Ministries and Sheila of Longings End if I could meet them in person over a cup of coffee after a conference that my husband and I were attending in New York. Linda wasn’t content with “just coffee” and suggested that we all have dinner…

  BethSteffaniak

  May 21, 2014

  About Me, Blogging, Bonding, Expectations, Friendship, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday

  Authenticity, Blogging, Encouragement, Friendship