Christi Davis Coaching

Have you ever had the experience of pushing your body to do something really hard?  Maybe it's running or lifting weights.  Maybe it's being in a zumba class or hiking a steep mountain.  You get to the point where your lungs feel like they're on fire and your legs turn to jello.  For me it's yoga- seeing how long I can hold a pose while my body shakes with the effort. Isn't it strange that somehow doing something so hard can actually feel good?  I've heard people say "It hurts so good!" as they lean into the struggle and push a little harder. There is something so rewarding about pushing your body to its limits, knowing that the very act of struggling is making you stronger. So many of us are willing to lean into a physical struggle- we even pay money for opportunities to be physically challenged!  But when it comes to emotional struggles, we want to turn and run! When situations arise that are emotionally challenging, our brains freak out a l...

Last year I was camping with my family and lots of friends.  The little boys were having a great time running wild, and looking for creatures in the little creek. At one point my 6 year old came running up to me, pants wet,  covered with mud.  (This picture is not from that incident, by the way.  Apparently our stories about mud are plentiful.) Even though he had been warned that this could happen if he played by the creek, he seemed surprised and upset by it. He REALLY wanted to change his clothes, but... I had failed to bring him a change of pants.  Changing clothes was not an option. After listening to him rant for a while about how terrible his situation was, I finally laid it out for him. I said something like "Hey buddy.  We don't have any other pants.  You are going to have to stay in these muddy ones.  But you have some choices to make.  You can either be really sad about that, and not have any more fun today, or ...

I talk a lot here about choosing our thoughts on purpose.  About choosing thoughts that serve us well and help us to be the best version of ourselves. Here are some of the things I choose to believe, because they bring peace, joy and purpose to my life: Everything is exactly as it should be.  Nothing has gone wrong here.  I am having the experiences I need to have to become who God wants me to be.  So are my children.  They are learning and growing and becoming.  I never need to worry. Everything is going to be ok in the end. This week, with Easter coming up, my mind has been focusing more than usual on Jesus Christ.  I've been thinking about His atonement and resurrection, and how those things affect my daily life.   I've come to the realization that all of the things that bring me joy and peace in my life are because of Him.  He knows the end from the beginning, and He has a plan for my life.  He has made it p...

My married daughter was in town yesterday, and we had the best day!  We mostly just ran errands, but doing it together made it so much more fun! At one point we decided to make a list of some of our favorite "little things" that make life so great.  Here are a few of the things we came up with: -rose bushes -sitting down after you've been standing too long -hot showers -the first sip of ice water when you're SO thirsty -or even better... the first sip of Chick-fil-a lemonade! -climbing into a cozy bed at the end of the day.  Or the middle of the day :) -baby shoes (We talked quite a bit about how great babies are, since she's expecting!) Once we started talking about the little things we love, we were on a roll.  Pretty soon we both felt like being alive was just the BEST! Our brains like to be busy.  If we give them a specific job to do, they are super efficient at doing it!  Our brains could find SO MANY reasons to love life! If we don'...

Sometimes I find myself wanting to run and hide.  Or wanting to crawl in bed and pull the covers up over my head. Today was one of those days.  My brain was telling me that people needed more from me than I was able to give.  It was telling me that I was behind in all the things, and that every day I fall a little further behind.  It told me that it's impossible to make time for the things I want to do, because I don't seem to be in control of my time. I got stuck for a bit in a cycle of overwhelm, and it felt terrible.  When I'm feeling overwhelmed I want to turn off my brain and hide from life.  The problem with that, of course, is that I will then be further behind in all the things, and for sure NOT be making time for the things I want to do. Luckily, I realized what was going on before the cycle got too out of control.  Then I remembered this:    Overwhelm is completely optional! Do you know what I decided to do? ...