Uplift

mental health

  • I haven’t wanted to go

       Lately, I have been wrestling with a deep and overwhelming exhaustion — the kind that reaches beyond physical tiredness and settles into my emotions, my spirit, and even my thoughts. The weight of it has surprised me. Even the… Continue reading

  • Love Thy Neighbor

                 Love your neighbor does not come with a checklist or a script. Scripture simply tells us to love others the same way we love ourselves. And if we’re honest, there are seasons when we struggle to show up for… Continue reading

  • The Crippling Of Fear

    I want to share something tender from a creative place in my heart. There is a unique kind of fear that comes with putting something you’ve created into the world. Suddenly it feels exposed—open to opinions, interpretations, and criticism—and that… Continue reading

  • Silence

          So, how do we stop avoiding the silence? I’m so glad you asked. It will not be easy, but it is possible. It can happen one small step at a time. When you have formed a pattern of avoiding… Continue reading

  • In Between Sessions

    Continue reading

  • Little Boys Can Be Traumatized Men Too

    Little boys experience trauma too—more often than we acknowledge.Pause and really let that truth settle in. Little boys can be sexually abused.Little boys can be physically and emotionally mistreated.Little boys can grow up wrestling with the same long-term PTSD that… Continue reading

  • Spaces

    1). Work space 2). Shopping spaces 3). Home space 4). Church space 5). Counseling spaces    6). Health spaces    These are just some of the major spaces I could think of that I typically navigate regularly. All of these spaces serve… Continue reading

  • The Wounds Of Rejection

          So, as a young child I remember experiencing a feeling of not being wanted. I felt like all of my attempts to feel wanted were met with rejection. I did not understand that my mom was struggling severely with… Continue reading

  • If I Can Be Honest

          I realized recently that I’ve been in a real battle with loneliness. Some parts of social media was feeding that feeling. I would look at smiling people with their friends, love ones and my heart felt an ache in… Continue reading

  • What is Mental Health

                 So as I have been thinking and preparing for this month to bring awareness to what the world is considering a mental health crisis.  I thought the best place to start with is the definition of mental health. … Continue reading