How to Overcome Insecurity

How to overcome our own thoughts The number one obstacle you are facing is insecurity. Insecurity will defeat you before you ever get started. It attacks you in your mind, infects your thinking, and holds you hostage to your fears. When your man is in prison, you are attacked by constant mind battles. Thoughts that try…

November 21, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

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Single Mom Budget

I never liked budgeting my money If I really wanted something, I got it and figured out how to make the ends meet later. Until Ron went to prison. It was then that I had to learn how to budget my money - and I had to learn it quickly. Read more about my…

November 19, 20180Comments

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Co Parenting Tips

How to Co-Parent When Your Man is Locked Up Raising kids is a challenging, and co-parenting is an even greater challenge. Put one of the parents in prison, and it sounds like a Mission Impossible assignment. In many ways, it is impossible to co-parent in the traditional sense of partnering. However, with a little ingenuity…

August 28, 20180Comments

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The Practice of Gratefulness

Some things in life just come naturally. Other things, we have to learn, practice, and keep working on to get right. I think gratefulness falls into both of those categories. Have you ever watched a small child explore their world and seen their face light up with joy when they find something new or unexpected?…

August 27, 20180Comments

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Getting Off of Welfare

One of the most difficult things for me to do was to get off of welfare. Yes, I did mean to write, “get off of welfare.” Many people think the hardest part was getting on welfare. It was not hard to start receiving the assistance. I was utterly grateful, and a little desperate, for the…

August 23, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com