How to Protect Your Peace Without Feeling Guilty

How to Protect Your Peace Without Feeling Guilty

I’ve learned something about myself over the years. My heart says “yes” long before my calendar—or my emotional capacity—does. Someone reaches out needing counseling, and I immediately think, I can help. One of my kids needs me, and without...
Finding Joy While You’re Still Healing

Finding Joy While You’re Still Healing

As a therapist, I often encourage my clients to look for moments of joy in the middle of difficult seasons. Not because joy erases pain, but because when life feels heavy, our hearts sometimes need help remembering that sorrow isn’t the only thing still...
What Are You Carrying That God Never Asked You to Carry?

What Are You Carrying That God Never Asked You to Carry?

Lately, I’ve been asking myself a simple question: What am I carrying that God never asked me to carry? I’m not talking about a physical burden. I’m talking about the emotional weight of things I can’t control. Maybe you know that feeling too....
You Don’t Have to Be a Mom to Mother

You Don’t Have to Be a Mom to Mother

There’s a memory that comes to mind every year around Mother’s Day… and it always makes me smile in a tender, reflective kind of way. It’s one of those moments that felt small at the time but has taken on deeper meaning as the years have gone by. I was 8 years old,...
When God Is Silent… or Just Not Following Our Instructions?

When God Is Silent… or Just Not Following Our Instructions?

I’ve never been known for my patience. If I’m being honest, patience has always felt like something I admire in other people more than something I naturally practice myself. I like answers. I like progress. I like it now. There’s something about forward movement that...