About a month before Advent began, the calendars hit the shelves. Walking through the aisles of my favorite grocery store, I noticed an Advent calendar for dogs – “cute!” I thought, and quickly texted a picture to my husband. I sent it to him knowing
Hormonal health isn’t something that gets talked about much, at least in my experience. But it should be. The symptoms of hormonal imbalance affect your mood, energy, day-to-day functioning, and relationships. The mood swings you experience from hormonal issues can make you feel crazy. I
Hey sweet friend, I found myself thinking about how my quality of life has decreased since I had my son. I’m a new mom navigating the craziness of the newborn phase for the first time. I had heard that the newborn days are challenging. People
Hey girl, Take a deep breath. I know it feels like you can’t breathe in deeply enough – but I promise you can. Breathe in. Let the air flow to your fingers and toes. Now breathe out. There you go. You are okay. You. Are.
Hey sweet friend, It has been a WHILE since I posted last. Between completing the first year of my graduate program, planning for the summer, taking care of normal life stuff, and working through some big personal developments (I’d love to share more later) –
Hey sweet friend, How do you cultivate joy? In the previous post, I talked about how God is the ultimate Gardener – the Holy Spirit plants the seeds and produces fruit in us. But we still have an active part to play! We’re called to
At the start of 2022, I chose JOY as my word for the year. At the start of the year, I got married, moved seven hours away from my family, began a new job to support us while Aaron completed student-teaching for his degree, and
Hey sweet friend, I mentioned in this post how I use connection to my values to avoid comparison and insecurity in public situations. Well, getting crystal clear about values is useful not just to fight off insecurity but anxiety and self-defeating thoughts as well. First
Hey sweet friend, Maybe it’s the never-ending to-do list that runs through your mind the moment you wake up. Or the thought of, “I have to do this again? I’m just so tired” that bubbles up before you’ve even opened your eyes. Is it self-doubt
I thought that I would write a post titled How to Accept Your Chronic Illness. I picked out the headline, opened a WordPress doc, even sketched out the main steps: Denial, Relief, Grief, Planning, and Action. And then I stopped. I just didn’t fill in
