Words Matter
I do a lot of driving, and to keep myself occupied, I to listen to podcasts. I am a self-proclaimed Podcast Junkie. Most recently, 2 of my favorite podcasts are We Can Do Hard Things, hosted by Glennon Doyle (author of Untamed--an amazing book, I highly recommend it), and Unlocking Us, hosted by Brene Brown (she's written many books, and I recommend them all).* Recently Brene Brown released a new book so she was not only interviewed on her own podcast (by her sisters) but also on WCDHT. Needless to say, I've been "fan girling" all week. Listening to these episodes got me thinking about the words we use. One of the topics that came up in the podcasts was the importance of words and how we select and use them to describe our lived experience. The words we choose can affect us in so many ways, whether we are speaking them out loud, writing them down, or just thinking to ourselves. Words can describe what we are feeling and experiencing in our lives, and how we experienc...