We were never meant to become whole alone. We were meant to become whole together. Awkwardly, slowly, and with great tenderness. Solo healing was never was never the plan. Life will always move us. It […]

“When something small feels big, it’s usually not about the small things. Not everything you feel started today.” Have you ever had a reaction that didn’t match what just happened? Someone says something small, or […]

“Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the refusal to let chaos rule your inner world.” This is not a calm season. There’s a lot happening in our country right now. You can […]

I know it feels like you missed your chance sometimes. When you look back and see years that didn’t go the way you thought they would. Or when you measure where you are against where […]

I was at the lowest point in my life in 2011. Dealing with the devastating loss of my granddaughter, my job, my home – the very foundation of my life. Anger, grief, shame, and guilt […]

You can’t release what you haven’t allowed yourself to feel.The only way through is through. You’re angry. And people love to tell you to “let it go.” As if anger is something you’re choosing to […]

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from self-abandonment: from spending years making yourself smaller. It’s not the tiredness of physical labor or even emotional strain, it’s something deeper, more fundamental. It’s the weariness […]

Renewal is the foundation that makes everything else possible. And the longer we treat it as optional, the more brittle we become. I used to believe that exhaustion was just part of the deal. That […]

When you begin, nobody tells you about the grief that comes with healing. Because it sounds counterintuitive. Why would getting better involve loss? Through my own healing journey, I have learned this: healing demands that […]