In 2017, I never thought I’d be back in the writing world. I “retired” and went into nursing school and closed down this blog and my public social media. I began that goodbye saying, “This … Read More
Practical Steps You Can Take to Heal from Trauma and PTSD
As we get closer to the release of Healing Together: A Guide for Helping Sexual Abuse Survivors, I thought I’d share some practical steps I’ve found to be helpful as I’ve spent the last year … Read More
How Do You Begin the End?
This is my final post. It’s been a year or so since I took a break from the Interwebs–away from writing online, from traveling and speaking, from Tweeting and Facebooking and Snapchatting and the like. … Read More
Because Free Books are Good and Because Friends are Better
In a couple of weeks (October 7 to be exact) my latest book, Lean on Me: Finding Intentional, Vulnerable and Consistent Community, will ship and be placed on book shelves and will hopefully, hopefully, hopefully help … Read More
Blogging Isn’t What it Used to Be…And that’s Okay.
Several times a week, I log into the dashboard of my blog and think I have something to write. I could write about true freedom, and how that means willingly accepting my identity as a slave to Christ, … Read More
For When You Feel Overwhelmed and For When You Feel Small
First let me begin by saying, wow, you guys. The flu is a terrible, terrible thing. I thought I caught the flu the day after New Years. I was sick a few days, then I … Read More
We Need Your Story! The Un-Fine is God Beautiful
A few months ago, sweet Lisa-Jo Baker sent me an email asking to share my story that would be compiled with other women’s stories for the (in)Courage (in)RL 2014 – (in) Real Life Conference. Why … Read More
Smashing The Trophy Cases of Social Media
I recently got a few emails from a couple of people. In one, someone said they were glad I shared about my Christmas in the psych hospital because her perception before that was that I … Read More
The Fear of Starting Over Again
For the longest time, I didn’t even have a desk. What I placed my computer on from the time I was 19 until the time I was 30 was a cheap, round two-seater kitchen table. … Read More