If Your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. Psalm 119:92, ESV Photo by cottonbro If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you are aware of my personal health challenges. In fact, I have been afflicted with fibromyalgia and chronic migraines for nearly 16 years. The battle … Continue reading What to Do With Guilt, Shame & Chronic Illness
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Shame: Healthy Shame Versus Toxic Shame
This site contains affiliate links to books. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. There is healthy shame and there is toxic shame. I have known mostly toxic shame throughout my life, gleaned from dysfunctional parenting and religion... but I have ever so gradually learned that healthy shame is possible to … Continue reading Shame: Healthy Shame Versus Toxic Shame
Anxiety: Finding Peace in an Anxious World
We live in a stress-filled world. No surprises there; however, this permeation of stress has lead to anxiety being the most common mental health disorder in America. Statistically, the percentage of people reporting anxiety jumped from 11% in 2019 to 35.8% in 2021. Where do we find peace in an anxious world? Anxiety-The Good and … Continue reading Anxiety: Finding Peace in an Anxious World
Of Masks and Men
2020 To say it was a year like no other in my rather extended lifetime would simply be redundant. Expressing my intense desire to see its end, (granted, some days more than others,) merely replicates the longing of most people in the world. The myriad changes in our daily lives have stretched us to, and … Continue reading Of Masks and Men