Mary Scifres
Building Resilience to Thrive in Troubled Times
We all face challenges, but building resilience can make all the difference. In my latest video, I share 3 powerful tips to help you...
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Mary Scifres
Aug 262 min read
Finding Joy in 2024: A Year of Laughter, Leadership, and Living Authentically
As I continue my journey into 2024, embracing my Year of Joy, I find myself reflecting on the powerful role joy plays not only in our...
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Mary Scifres
Aug 162 min read
Embrace the Journey: Taking the Next Step Together
In the journey of life, we're all like babies learning to walk. We stumble, we fall, and sometimes, we feel like giving up before we've...
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Mary Scifres
Mar 91 min read
Elevate Your Leadership with Servant Leadership
Leadership isn't about being in charge; it's about taking care of those in your charge. In today's fast-paced world, success is measured...
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Mary Scifres
Feb 141 min read
Mary’s Year of Joy
I dumped New Year’s resolutions long ago in favor of a yearly theme and it has made all the difference in the world. For 2024, I’m...
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Mary Scifres
Dec 19, 20232 min read
JOY MINGLED WITH SORROW
There is a line in an ancient Hebrew poem, “Those who go out with weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of...
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Mary Scifres
Dec 12, 20231 min read
SING WITH JOY
Music is everywhere at this time of year, and that's okay with me. We sing holiday carols and songs for many reasons. Singing is a part...
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Mary Scifres
Nov 27, 20232 min read
Get Unstuck
On an evening drive to a friend’s mountain cabin, my Geo Metro got stuck in a snowdrift. My husband and I called it a night and hiked the...
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Mary Scifres
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Tired of jumping hurdles alone?
When my school formed its first female track team, I tried being a runner like my older sisters. But in both distance and sprints, I just...
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Mary Scifres
Jun 29, 20232 min read
Are you tired of being tired?
In Jan Karon’s book, At Home in Mitford, Father Tim is an Episcopalian priest who works nonstop. From a fear of disappointing anyone,...
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Mary Scifres
Feb 7, 20232 min read
Recovery from Burnout: A Message of Hope and Help
As a new year begins, many of us are feeling the long-term fatigue of an ongoing pandemic, social unrest, church divisiveness, and an...
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Mary Scifres
Jan 3, 20233 min read
WHERE ARE YOU GOING THIS YEAR?
In 1975, Diana Ross sang: "Do you know where you’re going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you?"(1) These questions...
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Mary Scifres
Nov 28, 20222 min read
A World With Hope for Better Days
In one of our family’s favorite series, “Lord of the Rings,” the middle film “The Two Towers” is my least favorite. It’s so full of war...
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Mary Scifres
Sep 27, 20223 min read
Resources Can Renew Our Energy!
Are you so tired you feel it in your bones? At one point in the second year of the pandemic, I was clicking along like any good coach,...
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Mary Scifres
Sep 20, 20222 min read
Play to Your Strengths to Energize Your Life & Work
Michael Jordan captured the imagination of millions when he left basketball the year his father died to pursue his father’s favorite...
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Mary Scifres
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Simplify to Energize
Sir Isaac Newton wrote, “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” Working and...
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Mary Scifres
Sep 5, 20222 min read
Set Your Intention to Grow Love
Joshua and Anna met in mid-life and were overjoyed to finally find a love worthy of committing themselves in marriage. Coming into this...
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Mary Scifres
Jun 23, 20223 min read
Hold Me Now
For decades, youth groups and team-building consultants around the world have depended on “trust walks” and “falling” in a circle to...
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Mary Scifres
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Joy and Hope - Fueled by a Complaint-Free World
Many years ago, I spoke to a women’s group who gifted me with a book and a pink bracelet that proclaimed their commitment to “a...
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Mary Scifres
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Blessed to be a Blessing
In many Eastern traditions, offerings of food and flowers are a common practice during formal worship services, at temples and local...
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