Healing is Exhausting There are days when I wake up and know before my feet hit the floor that I don’t have much to give. Not because I’m in crisis or sliding backward, but just because I’m tired. Healing takes a lot out of you. It pulls energy from places you didn’t know had limits,…
Lately I’ve noticed old doubts trying to creep back in. The ones that tell me I have to hold it all together by myself. It still surprises me how quickly that voice shows up when I’m working on something that brings up my past experiences or stretches me into new territory. As I said in…
Being still long enough to hear God’s whisper The past few weeks have been hard and I’ve sometimes doubted whether I’m on the correct path. I’ve struggled emotionally, physically, and to some extent, spiritually as the writing and publishing process for my latest project, Faith in the Fog, progressed. I wondered if I “heard Him”…
Slowing Down, Leaning in, and Noticing His Presence This week we’re leaning into something that doesn’t always come naturally to me: listening. Not the kind of listening where you nod your head while thinking of what to say next, but the kind that slows you down and makes space for God’s voice along the way….
I was a slow learner I wish I could tell you I used this tool early in my healing. The truth is, I didn’t. I had a plan to power through therapy in six months. I pushed hard, dug into everything at once, and tried to force healing on my own timeline. Instead of getting…
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