I am a caretaker. It is my default. My comfort zone. A place I often hide behind and a role I quickly return to if feelings start to get confusing or weird. If quiet starts to settle in or the pace of
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Healing
Here Are Tools To Support Sober Living (for others, and you!)
I recently shared on social media that it has been TEN years since I had my last drink or popped my last pill! Praise God! It is hard to even think back a decade ago to when I checked into a thirty
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THIS has changed everything.
A few months ago I got an urge to seek professional help for one of my children. I noticed the tools my husband and I were offering to help with regulation simply weren't working anymore. I began to
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When Blessings Feel Like Burdens
Have you ever asked yourself why?
Why I am doing all that I am doing? The Bible Study. The PTF meeting. The room mom responsibility. That draining job. The constant updates on social media. The
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Is Good Grief Possible?
Blessed are those who mourn, but why don't we feel blessed?
Recently, I shared on social media a situation I had with someone close to me. They did something they said they wouldn't do, and well,
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You Are a Living Temple
Our family recently observed Pentecost. If you aren't familiar, this is a traditional ancient Israelite festival in which thousands would gather in Jerusalem from all over the world on the 50th day
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Are you stuck in the ‘Loop Around’?
Over the years, I have used the term the 'Loop Around' to describe a process that many of us experience when new to setting boundaries.
It goes like this:
You realize a boundary needs to be
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What are others saying?
It has been just over a month since my new book 'Loyal to a Fault' was released, and witnessing your stories, feedback, and reviews coming in has been incredible. If you're a reader and haven't
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What are Rigid Boundaries?
Have you heard of Rigid Boundaries before? This is a style that feels like a wall, serving to keep people out. People with rigid boundaries avoid intimacy or closeness. They are very closed off and
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What are Porous Boundaries?
We are now in 2024, and the newness of the year can feel empowering. I wanted to take this opportunity to brush up on the types of boundaries that exist and reflect on where we are at as we rest from
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