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  • Medication or Not

    I must admit that this can be a touchy subject for many. Everyone has their own opinion as it relates to taking medication for mental health struggles. You have some people who shame others for needing medication, you have those… Continue reading

  • Boundaries and My Mental Health

                The word boundary is not a derogatory term. It is not a word we should avoid using in our vocabulary. It also is not a word we should throw around lightly with no intentions of enforcing them. Right now,… Continue reading

  • God Can Hear You

          I cannot began to tell you the many times I have thought I was at my lowest and cried out to God, but I honestly thought he could not hear me. I thought that from the place I was… Continue reading

  • The Mask We Wear

    I was looking at some of the photos my daughter has taken and edited of herself. I’ve always been captivated and intrigued by this one of her. Our daughter is absolutely beautiful but in this mask you can see slight… Continue reading

  • The Fight with Anxiety

    Proverbs 12:25 “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad”. I felt it creeping in one thought after the other. I tried to stop it before it spiraled completely out of control. I… Continue reading

  • Me Time

    It all started recently with a small group I joined at church. I decided that it would become ,”Me Time’. This may sound a little selfish to you when you first read it, but please give me a chance to… Continue reading

  • Building Safe Community

    I Corinthians 12:25-27 “So, that there should be no division in the body, but that its part should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it, if one part is honored, every part… Continue reading

  • What is the truth?

    “Denying the truth doesn’t change the facts”. There are times when I am really struggling with depression and oftentimes it is hard for me to grasp what is really the truth over the lies screaming at me in those moments.… Continue reading

  • The War with Loneliness

    “The most terrible poverty is loneliness. and the feeling of being unloved.”   Mother Teresa      This will be a very transparent post of my heart poured into the next few words you will find here.  I have hesitated with… Continue reading

  • Step Into the Safety of the Light

    “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:5   I was in a really bad place when this thought filled my mind; ” Step into the safety of the light.’  The sadness felt… Continue reading