A reader took me to task recently over an article I’d written. I’d said that we should be 100% honest and she insisted that sometimes honesty is not...
Is Honesty Always the Best Policy? Lying for Someone Else’s Own Good
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The Power of Authenticity: How Honest Should I Be?
How honest should I be? That’s the question I hadn’t realized I’d been asking myself lately: … when a friend checked in to see how I was doing. …...
Do You Ever Know Something Is a Lie, But Simultaneously Act Like It’s True?
What do you believe and simultaneously know to be a lie? This question has occupied my thoughts ever since I heard it on a podcast recently. It...
The Power of Honesty: What’s the Most Important Truth About Lies?
It wasn’t my finest moment—the adult equivalent of shouting, “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” ...but even more inappropriate. And in a room full of my...
Want to Experience More Freedom? This is What’s Required
I’ve been hearing a lot of talk lately about freedom. It reminded me of an idea I came across recently. I'll warn you upfront: it twisted my brain a...
How to Navigate Life’s Challenges: 4 Valuable Lessons for Hard Times
Some days are noteworthy only in retrospect. For me, July 5, 2022 was such a day. It was an unremarkable Oregon Tuesday — morning drizzles followed...
What’s the Most Loving Thing You Can Do For Others? Be Honest With Yourself
There we sat, each frustrated over how the evening had turned out and neither of us understood why. In retrospect, it had started with a simple...
4 Ways to Live in Integrity . . . When It Feels Easier to Lie
You stifle your gag reflex as you take another bite. Why does this happen every year? Your mother-in-law’s not a bad cook. You love most of her...
How to Stop Worrying and Experience Perfect Peace
“Guess what?! I just bought a plane ticket to Japan!” Although my 21-year-old’s words didn’t shock me— he’d been talking about the prospect for...
Hi, I’m Kendra
I help bright, successful over-thinkers change their negative thoughts using Scripture and the science of how God made you.