by Shannon Popkin | Dec 10, 2019 | 5 C Challenge, Control Girl, Holidays
So… how’s has the Five C Challenge been going for you so far? I seem to be clamping my hand over my mouth quite frequently – usually after I’ve just complained about something. Complain: to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure,...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 5, 2019 | 5 C Challenge, Control Girl, Holidays
Okay, ready to begin this Five C Challenge? Let’s start with Criticism. Criticize: to censure or find fault with. Why is this so easy to do at Christmas time? I think it’s because during the holidays, we have heightened expectations. There’s a RIGHT...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 13, 2019 | Control Girl
To my married friends: I offer these suggestions based on my vast experience as a Control Girl wife over the past 25 Valentine’s Days, spent with my husband Ken. Here are 5 Easy Ways to Ruin Valentine’s Day. Or not. It’s your choice. 1. Create a...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 5, 2018 | Control Girl
Control is such a burden. It weighs us down and tears at our relationships. We become the worst version of ourselves when we try to manage all of life’s contingencies and lunge for one loose thread after another. God never designed for us to live under the...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 26, 2018 | Control Girl
This post originally appeared on ReviveOurHearts.com, where I serve as one of the bloggers. She left the Church and came out as a lesbian, all at age nineteen. I didn’t meet Rachel Gleason until years after this point, when her poetry group performed at my son’s...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 2, 2018 | Control Girl
Sign up to receive this Control Girl Q & A series by email here. When my child throws his candy wrapper on the floor. When my teenager leaves her curling iron on. When my husband drips bleach onto the carpeting. When a coworker fails to respond to a client....
