January 2026 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, What you will find in this email: A 9 Lumens Alumni free quarterly check-in (in the p.s.) A simple but honest question: How are you really? A framework to assess whether you’re flourishing, functional, or fractured It’s the last day of February. So let me ask you: How are you… really? January had its way with us. February flew by. And now we’re turning our face...
6 days ago • 3 min read
January 2026 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, Got questions about the Enneagram? Good. So do I. Iit’s been eight years since I first read The Road Back to You. I remember being on a plane, nearly throwing the book across the aisle because it named things I’d been seeing in myself and my family but never had the language for. Back then, I was full of questions—especially about my type. I originally tested as a...
23 days ago • 2 min read
February 2026 Reader. Here in Seattle Seahawks territory, it feels almost sacrilegious to send an email about a women’s study on Super Bowl Sunday. And for my Canadian friends and family, the start of the Winter Olympics is also a really big deal. So, between the two of these events, I’m honestly not sure how many of you will even open this email. Let me tell you about my first Super Bowl party… as a Canadian. We had only lived here three months, and I was nine months pregnant—on my due date,...
25 days ago • 2 min read
February 2026 Reader. I am so excited to start Born for Deliverance: the Women of Exodus next week; hybrid via Zoom and in the Living Room. Just like with studies before, I feel like the image below. I'm in that little yellow boat on the surface, looking at the tip of the iceberg. I'm excited knowing there is so much to explore beneath the surface. And it’s going to be so beautiful! I do these studies in "real time," directed by what God leads me to and what I discover as I study. So as of...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
January 2026 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, I have been feeling battered by the sheer volume of "January being January." You too? What you will find in this email: Why this Enneagram Three is saying "no" to a yearly goal. The List: Which "god" is stealing your time (based on your type)? Three Questions: To help you set your intention for 2026. An Invitation: A free 30-minute session to unpack your answers. The...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
January 2026 Reader. Words are fascinating. What a word means to you might mean something entirely different to me! When I was first thinking about the first-ever Illuminate weekend (Feb 27–March 1), I considered calling it an ‘intensive.’ But that sounded just a little bit too… intense. Now, I admit, I am a wee bit intense. I like to think of myself as 'dark chocolate.' (In my opinion, milk belongs in my glass—not in my chocolate.) But I realized ‘Immersion’ was the BETTER word. What I mean...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Juaaury 2026 Reader. Happening tomorrow night! Monday, January 12, is our first Illuminate gathering of the year: In the Beginning. Silly me sent out a link to register that expired last week. Here's the link to register right now. Count me in! It’s a complimentary prelude to our upcoming Exodus Living Room series, but you do not need to be registered for Exodus to join. This evening is open to anyone in the Illuminate community. In the Beginning is a guided check-in to start the year...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Juaaury 2026 Reader. Happening Monday · Free · Live only (not recorded) If you're anything like me, you've had a wee case of the "email fatigue" - and yet, here I am with another email. BUT This Monday night—January 12—is our first Illuminate gathering of the year. In the Beginning. And it's in just 5 days! This evening is a complimentary prelude to our upcoming Exodus Living Room series—but you do not need to be registered for Exodus to attend. It’s open to anyone in the Illuminate...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
December 2025 Reader. Happy New Year! Before we dive in, will I be seeing you on January 12 for In the Beginning? It’s a complimentary Illuminate + 9 Lumens gathering (Hybrid: Living Room & Zoom), designed to set the tone for the year ahead and open the way to our next Illuminate Living Room series. If you plan to join via Zoom, you will need to register for the Zoom link. If you’re coming in person, RSVP by replying to this email so I can prepare. Now, about Anna. If this were a Living Room...
2 months ago • 7 min read
December 2025 Reader. Merry Christmas Over the years, I’ve gotten some interesting questions when people learn that I study and teach about women and Scripture. Why would you do that? Are you a feminist? Are you anti-men? What I think the better question is: When studying women in Scripture, how do you not lose sight of Jesus? Because the moment studying women causes me to lose sight of Jesus, I’ve put it above Him. And He has to be above all things. All of the men and women, Old Testament...
2 months ago • 2 min read