#inspiration

Aug 19, 2018
3 min

3 Habit Recommendations for the New Season

Point to Ponder: Do you wake up looking at your phone, regularly treat yourself, exercise regularly, have a strong social community and try/learn new things? Excitingly the school year has begun or is beginning for most everyone this week-whew! Regardless of what season of life you are in or if you have children or not, I think the the start of school is every women’s New Year--a time to start fresh, create and dig into a healthy, mindful and productive routine. As you begin

Aug 12, 2018
2 min

10 Quotes to Inspire Living a Beautiful Life

Point to Ponder: Are you living a beautiful life? Living an inspired and beautiful life can feel more achievable during the carefree, spontaneous and travel-filled summer months, but what about during the more routine and predictable season we will soon be transitioning into? How do we stay inspired to live a beautiful life then? For me, it's a daily discipline to live in gratitude and joy, spend time with life-lovers and go-getters, set goals and work hard towards achieving

Aug 5, 2018
3 min

7 Ways to Consistently Boost Your Confidence

Point to Ponder: Do you consider yourself self-confident? To suggest that life experiences can shape and mold our attitude is true. Conscious and unconscious, our thoughts, behaviors and actions are a result of our upbringing and current social environments. Humans are easily influenced, and as children we had little control over the people we spent time with and who shaped our thinking, both positively and negatively. Now, as adults, we have all of the control and are eithe

Jul 29, 2018
3 min

The Connection Between Your Diet and Your Confidence

Point to Ponder: Is your diet providing you the opportunity to maximize your confidence? Is it providing you the opportunity to optimize your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being? Undoubtedly, when I began reading The Confidence Code I never would’ve imagined all of the research that has been dedicated to determining the origin of confidence, how we get more of it and why some of us have more or less of it. Upon reading it as well as the book, The Mood Cure by

Jul 23, 2018
3 min

Your Confidence--Use It or Lose It

Point to Ponder: Do you often… over-think things? People-please? Hold on to defeats? Strive for perfection? Undersell yourself? Play it safe? Doubt yourself? I wish I could say when I turned 40 I became infinitely confident, but “little Neissa”, the insecure 12 year old who still lives inside of me continues to fear saying the wrong thing, not sounding smart and articulate, doing something stupid, and not being liked. Truth be told, after some great coaching I’ve learned I st

Jul 15, 2018
3 min

Finding the Blessings

Point to Ponder: What disappointing time in your life can you now look back on and see the blessings in it? Or, are you going though a difficult time in your life and having trouble finding the blessings?? After moving to a new high school in The Woodlands, Texas my freshman year, I decided to join the track team. I tried out for all sprints and quickly my coaches and I realized that this was my thing. I ran varsity as a freshman and continued the rest of my high school caree

Jun 17, 2018
6 min

Advice & Wisdom From Our Fathers

Point to Ponder: What is the greatest advice/wisdom/teachings you received from your Father or Father-figure? Today’s journal is a tribute from the iGnite Team and to our Fathers and Father Figures. It is chalk full of wisdom and love. Thank you Fathers everywhere & Happy Father’s Day! Alli Phillips- The greatest wisdom I have learned from my dad is effectively expressing your opinion or how you feel, and responding rather than "reacting" to an upsetting situation, usually

May 13, 2018
5 min

53 Pieces of the Best Advice Given by Moms

Point to Ponder: What is the best advice your mom or mom-figure has given you? Throughout the week leading up to today, Mother's Day, we collected 53 pieces of the best advice given by moms. Our hope is that the words encourage, empower and inspire you to continue being your best in all of your amazing roles, and in living your best and most incredible life! Alli Phillips- I don’t remember my mom offering “specific” advice or “words of wisdom” wrapped up into quotes when I w

May 7, 2018
2 min

The Amazing, Exceptional and Remarkable Mom You Are!

Point to Ponder: What unique mom-qualities or characteristics do you possess? If you aren't a mom yet, what special attributes and strengths do you acquire as a result of your amazing mom and/or mom-influences? A few years ago we, iGnite, celebrated Mother's Day with a beautiful pre-Mother's Day luncheon. During our time together each person had the opportunity to share a heartfelt and admirable quality or characteristic of their mom and/or mom-influences. As you would expe

May 6, 2018
2 min

The Amazing, Exceptional and Remarkable Mom You Are!

Point to Ponder: What unique mom-qualities or characteristics do you possess? If you aren't a mom yet, what special attributes and strengths do you acquire as a result of your amazing mom and/or mom-influences? A few years ago we, iGnite, celebrated Mother's Day with a beautiful pre-Mother's Day luncheon at Abel's on the Lake. During our time together each person had the opportunity to share a heartfelt and admirable quality or characteristic of their mom and/or mom-influen

Apr 29, 2018
3 min

We're Getting Summer Ready with Gratitude, and Here's Why

Point to Ponder: Do you start and end your day with gratitude? Have you ever looked back at a situation that by all accounts could have had a terrible outcome and thought, “WHOA! That could’ve been really bad! Thank you God for your timing and protection!” These were my exact sentiments yesterday, along with some of our iGnite leaders and members who attended our Pilates & SUP adventure on Lake Austin. Check out this wild scenario: It’s a gorgeous spring day with not a cloud

Apr 22, 2018
5 min

To Live a Life of Purpose, Ask Yourself "Why Does It Matter?"

Point to Ponder: Before committing or saying "yes" to something, do you ask yourself "why does it matter?" This Saturday morning while participating in the weekend laundry ritual: wash, fold, put away, repeat, I turned on the television in hope of being entertained during my monotonous chore. This is when I stumbled upon Barbara Bush's funeral. My intent was to only watch a minute or two, but one minute turned into over an hour of education, wisdom and inspiration. When Barb

Apr 15, 2018
3 min

But First, Hydrate!

Point to Ponder: Are you drinking at least 1/2 your weight in ounces of water each day? Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! How many times have we all heard this? We know we should drink at least 1/2 our body weight in ounces of water each day and it’s actually more important than you may think. Over the past several years I have heard several scary stories related to dehydration. Five people in our community, ranging in ages from 16-60 lost consciousness and some were seriously injur

Apr 8, 2018
3 min

A Bloom Amidst the Rocks

Point to Ponder: Do you allow challenges to pull you down or do you use them as launching pads ? Our Austin Outdoor Adventure Series started yesterday. Besides the seasonal thunderstorms, springtime in Austin is the best and most beautiful season. However, yesterday was different. In the middle of the night an unseasonal cold front blew in causing temperatures to plummet 40 degrees (yep, it was a humid 82 degrees on Friday and even into Friday night). Wind gusts from the Nor

Apr 1, 2018
1 min

Make a Daily Difference

Point to Ponder: What can you do to inspire, love and encourage? One of my favorite Bible verses is “Let us consider how to inspire each other to greater love and to righteous deeds, not forgetting to gather as a community and encourage one another.” Hebrews 10: 24-25, To inspire, love and encourage one another sums up how to effectively live a great life and allows us make a daily difference in the lives of others, which I know we all want. It's a reminder that eliminating

Mar 26, 2018
3 min

Choose An Exciting Life

Point to Ponder: Do you wake up each day excited? Last week a dear friend and I shared our disdain for Mondays. Although we are both self-proclaimed optimists and we don’t have a single legitimate reason to complain or dread, Mondays can be mentally, emotionally and physically difficult. As we talked and tried to make sense of why Mondays are often times so hard, I concluded it's because unlike the flexible, spontaneous and less structured weekends, Monday comes with routine

Mar 18, 2018
4 min

Winter's Gifts and Spring's Inspiring Promise

Point to Ponder: What gifts did the Winter season bring you and excites you about Spring? I feel like I blinked and it's Spring. In fact, the first day of Spring is this Tuesday, March 20 and it seems as though the timing from one season to the next is perfect. I'm pretty sure that's part of God's perfect plan in giving us what we need, just when we need it. Can you imagine not having changing seasons?! Ugh, life would be stagnant and boring, as each season brings authentic

Mar 12, 2018
3 min

Bypass Things & Invest in Memory-Making Experiences

Point to Ponder: What do you invest in more? Things or experiences? I don't know about you, but starting Daylight Savings is brutal. I find it to be confusing and losing an hour of sleep is the pits! Despite these unpleasant aspects, I love that Daylight Savings comes with the spring season, more sunlight and longer days, which equates to more time for outdoor activity and experiences in general. With the start of Daylight Savings, Spring Break, longer days and summer right

Mar 11, 2018
3 min

Bypass Things & Invest in Memory-Making Experiences

Mar 5, 2018
3 min

Why We Need White Space in Our Lives

Point to Ponder: Where in your life do you need to "de-crapify" and add more white space? Have you ever heard of "white space"? As of last Tuesday I was completely unaware this was a thing until I stumbled upon it while listening to my favorite podcast called Live Inspired by John O'leary. John O'leary's incredibly inspiring life could be a blog post in and of itself, but for the sake of following the white space rule of having a reductive mindset (less is more), I'll keep