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October 17, 2025

Care or Carrying?

**Tags:** – trauma recovery – boundaries – codependency – religious trauma – emotional responsibility – self-leadership – caring vs carrying – parenting adult children – healing patterns – compassion fatigue… Read more
September 24, 2025

From Echo Chambers to Common Ground: A Journey Through Fear and Finding Connection

Yesterday, we watched a flock of turkeys walking up and down the road, jumping, flapping, and following each other up and down the same section of road back and forth,… Read more
September 22, 2025

Finding Your True North: Why Grounding in Your Values Matters Now More Than Ever

The Blur Between Authentic and Expected The line between our genuine values and society’s expectations has become so blurred that many of us don’t even know where one ends and… Read more
September 21, 2025

Mental Health is Strength Training for Your Soul

I’ve been noticing something lately that really bothers me. When you’re struggling emotionally, it can feel incredibly isolating – especially when everyone around you seems fine or like they’re having… Read more
September 20, 2025

Fall Equinox Reflection

To our sons, it looks like a field that needs bush-hogging, but if you look closely in the thick mess of overgrown weeds, you’ll find the reasons we decided not… Read more
September 16, 2025

Breaking Down the Barriers to Love

“I spent almost half a decade looking into the mirror and seeing someone else. Who did I see? Someone who everyone else expected me to be. People-pleasing doesn’t give your… Read more
September 14, 2025

Are You Running on Fear?

Our nervous systems are wired to keep us alive, not to keep us happy. They’re incredibly good at detecting danger, but terrible at telling the difference between real threats and… Read more
September 13, 2025

Navigating the Cracks

I’ve been trying to understand what I’m feeling when I look at social media these days. Confusion, fear, anger, and so much grief over where we are as a country… Read more
September 6, 2025

Finding Joy and Hope Beyond the Emotional Highs: A Journey from Manufactured to Authentic

After losing the intoxicating emotional highs of church community, I discovered that true joy and hope aren’t dramatic peaks to chase, but subtle moments that accumulate like stalactites—building lasting strength… Read more
September 4, 2025

Understanding Fawning: Breaking Cycles of Survival-Based Relationships

Unlike fight, flight, or freeze responses that happen in the moment, fawning is different—it’s a survival pattern learned over time. Dr. Mary Catherine MacDonald explains how this trauma response develops… Read more

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