Something that I have often struggled with as an adult is making new friends. It’s easier when you’re younger and in school. You see your classmates every day or kids from youth group each week. You’re given opportunities to interact and see if there is someone kind of like you that you could be VIEW MORE
Burdens vs. Loads: Discerning When to Help Someone (Re-release)
Several years ago, my family and I got to raise a tiny caterpillar. For weeks, we hunted down milkweed to feed it. We watched it grow. And we saw it create its little chrysalis. We even got the blessing of watching it come out of the chrysalis, and caught most of it on video. It was such a VIEW MORE
A Closer Look at Digital Journaling Apps
A new app popped up on my phone with one of the latest updates, and it's a journaling app! Did you get it, too? Did you try it? What do you think? I confess, even though I do some digital journaling (which I’ll talk about later in the episode), I haven’t tried any sort of journaling app yet. But VIEW MORE
How to Spend the Day in Prayer
In preparation for homeschool next year, I’ve been pre-reading some missionary biographies that we’ll be using for our history curriculum. And in the one on Amy Carmichael, it shared several times when she would spend the day in prayer, seeking the Lord on one question or another. For example, VIEW MORE
When Talking Doesn’t Help
In an online forum, someone shared this: I hear it all the time: "talk about it," "talk to someone," "don't suffer in silence." In the media, it often is made to seem like just talking about depression will make it all better. The intentions are good, and maybe it's just me, but I haven't VIEW MORE
[Journal Reviews] Guided Journals for Depression and Anxiety
When you are struggling with depression or anxiety, it can often feel heavy. Overwhelming. Hopeless. The worries and fears you carry around can impact every aspect of your life. The sadness can overshadow every other thing around you. I know, because I’ve been there. Have you? And in VIEW MORE
Can 5 Minutes Journaling Really Make a Difference?
It wasn’t that long ago that I led my Journal Gently Mini Workshop, and during that time, I led women through three different journal prompts that focused on perspective. And here’s the kicker: I only offered five minutes for them to write about each one. But you know what? So many of them VIEW MORE
How to Decline an Offer of Help Gracefully (Re-Release)
Have you ever had someone offer some sort of support or help to you that you didn’t necessarily want, but you didn’t know how to say no without hurting their feelings? When you are hurting or struggling or need some extra help, you do get to have a say in the matter. You can choose which VIEW MORE
[Written Spiritual Direction Session] Standing Stones: Stories of God’s Faithfulness
Have you ever wondered what it was like to experience a spiritual direction session? What happens? What do you talk about? While some coaches will air live coaching sessions, I can’t very well do that, for two different reasons. One, I don’t do live spiritual direction sessions, since I focus on VIEW MORE
[Behind-the-Scenes] Are You Honest with Yourself?
A few weeks ago, I led the first Journal Gently Mini Workshop. During this time, I took one piece of the Journal Gently program and expanded it to an hour of teaching and writing exercises. We focused on perspective and the role it plays not just in our journaling but in our healing, as well. And VIEW MORE
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