The Sunday Question

The Sunday Question

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The Sunday Question episodes

  • When Can I Give Space?
    When life changes — whether a promotion or a parent's decline — the people around us don't always respond the way we hope. In this episode, Denise explores the difference between giving space and creating distance, and why that distinction can make all the difference for our relationships and ourselves. Space allows others time to process. It allows us time to feel what we need to feel. And it keeps a door open that distance might permanently close. Today's question: When has space rather than distance worked for you?

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Image by M W from Pixabay
    8 min
  • When You Look Up, What Do You Hear?
    We spend a lot of time looking down — at our to-do lists, our text messages, the never-ending demands of the day. But when we look down too long, we miss what's around us.

    This week's question invites you to take a break from looking down and gaze up instead — not just to see the green trees, the blue sky, the colorful blossoms, but to listen. The birds chirping. The wind moving through the leaves. The sound of kids playing.Those sounds are already part of your day. This question helps you hear them.

    "When you look up, what do you hear?"

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Take a Soul Break from Uncertainty
    5 min
  • At the End of Today, How Will I Feel?
    What if you could decide how your day ends before it even begins?

    This week's Sunday Question invites you to set an intention — not for your to-do list, but for how you feel when the day is done. Productive. Brave. Enough. At peace. When you know the feeling you're working toward, you can check in with yourself throughout the day and protect your time and energy accordingly.

    It's a simple practice with a powerful question at its center: "At the end of the day, how will I feel?"

    Take a few minutes with this one. Your answer matters.

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.

    • Check out our Caregiving Author program. Enrollment ends May 3, 2026.
    5 min
  • How Can I Leverage This Mistake?
    Nobody likes making mistakes. But what happens when you remove the embarrassment and fear and look at a mistake through the eyes of an observer? You find something unexpected — an important piece you needed all along.

    In this episode, Denise explores how stepping back from self-judgment creates space to learn, refine, and build something better. Plus, a question to carry into your week: How can I leverage this mistake?

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Download our app, Caring Our Way, to stay connected to our support.
    • Check out the calculator I built with Claude: The cost of caregiving to our communities.
    • Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
    5 min
  • Why Wait?
    We hear it all the time: "Let's wait and see." And sometimes, waiting is wise. But other times, waiting puts us on hold while life keeps moving and we risk life going on without us.In this episode, we explore the difference between waiting with intention and waiting out of fear. We ask ourselves what we might lose, what opportunities might pass us by, and how much time we might waste and we consider what it looks like to use a waiting season well.This week's intentional question is one worth carrying into each new day: Why wait?

    What wait might you reconsider?

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Download our app, Caring Our Way, to stay connected to our support.
    • Image by beate bachmann from Pixabay
    6 min
  • What Am I Over?
    What are you over? This week's Sunday Question invites you to consider what you've outgrown — the drama, the decisions, the relationships that no longer serve you. When we finally choose to be over it, we get back our time, energy and focus. Press play and ask yourself: what's over for me?

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Image by Leopictures from Pixabay
    5 min
  • Because You Have Time, What Will You Do?
    When we worry about wasting time, we can convince ourselves that time is already lost — that it's too late to pursue the opportunity, make the change, find the love, start over. We decide there just isn't time.

    But what if we decided otherwise? What if we chose to believe we have time — that we are, in fact, right on time?

    This week's Sunday Question invites you to begin your day with a simple but powerful reframe: Because I have time, what will I do?

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Image by Qyulang from Pixabay
    6 min
  • How Can I Celebrate Another's Joyful Win?
    We've all had that moment — the achievement, the win, the hard-fought overcome. And we've all encountered that one person who just couldn't give us our celebratory moment. This week's Sunday Question invites us to be something different: a cheerleader for others. When we jump for joy alongside someone else, we discover that joy has a way of multiplying. Start your day with this question and see who comes to mind.

    This week's question: How can I celebrate another's joyful win?

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Image by Artturi Mäntysaari from Pixabay
    15 min
  • What's Another Possibility?
    When we face uncertainty, we often default to the worst case scenario — and sometimes we even begin living as if the worst has already happened. But what if we gave ourselves permission to consider more than one possibility?

    In this episode, we explore a simple but powerful practice: creating three categories of possibilities — the best case scenario, the realistic scenario, and the acceptable scenario. Together, these categories can help us release worry, conserve our energy, and stay present in our day rather than lost in a future we fear.

    We'll close with a question to carry with you: "What's another possibility?"

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Check out our caregiving resources.
    10 min
  • How Can I Create a Proud Moment?
    Our days demand so much from us. Sometimes it feels like we're just crawling from one moment to the next. But what if we gave ourselves one moment to walk tall?In this episode, Denise explores the power of a proud moment — and how creating one can shift the weight of a demanding day. A proud moment might be rekindling a relationship lost to stress, extending a helping hand, telling someone who's lost hope that you believe in them, or standing up for what you value.

    When we give ourselves a proud moment, we create a memory we'll cherish. And it can happen in any next moment.

    This week's question to carry into your day: How can I create a proud moment?

    Resources
    • The Sunday Question, Volume 3, is now available. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual.
    • Image by Couleur from Pixabay
    8 min

About The Sunday Question

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When our days feel full of too much stress and too few solutions, we can feel at a loss, unsure what we could do to help ourselves. The stress can make us question if we’ll ever feel better and if…