Growth for
LIFE
Practical & trauma-informed support for weary Christians who want to grow.
For far too long, I carried the weight of expectations, duty, and performance that didn’t belong to me. Instead of resting in faith, I worked hard to “get better” at being a “good” Christian. Eventually, it led to exhaustion, depression, and trauma.
Today, I’m a trauma therapist & Christian growth coach helping weary Christians breathe again.
If you’ve grown tired of trying to get it all right and never feeling right, welcome.
God’s design in you is pretty darn amazing, and I would love to see you shining brightly in this world.
What Christians Need to Know to Find a Good Counselor
This post is part of a series focused on helping Christians find, navigate, and consider healing options through counseling. There are many options and opportunities so you can find a good counselor for you. Other articles include: What Type of Counseling is...
Christian Therapist Tips on How to Find the Best Counselor for You
There's a lot of conflicting and confusing information out there about counseling and psychology options. Especially when it comes to Christians in need of support and healing. How can you wade through the options and find the best counselor for you? In this...
What Kind of Counseling is Available for Christians?
"I'm thinking about counseling, but I don't know where to start. What kind of Christian counseling help is available? Who'll provide what I need?" When I started my healing journey, seeking a new way to live, I hesitated going to counseling even though I saw it as a...
When Forgiveness is the Last Thing You Want to Do
When you're wounded, forgiveness is one of the last things you're excited about doing. You might want to heal your wounded heart, but forgive? Instead, anger surfaces. Indignation appears. Outrage over what's happened takes center stage. Or, you hide and tuck yourself...
When Life Takes You Down, Find A New Way To Live
When I crashed, I crashed hard. I could barely get out of bed anymore. I thought I needed rest for a day or two to make up for all the activity of fostering multiple children in a unique set up in the country. Those days turned into weeks. Tears lived on the edge of...
Four Powerful Tips to Break the Trap of Shame
Breaking the trap of shame involves more than positive statements and trying to get ourselves to believe positive things. Yet, we're prone to grasp every mantra that sounds good and rings true, with the hope that somehow we can start living that way. We need positive...
How Shame and Humility Get Tangled Up and How to Untie the Knot
I have the privilege of being tested by my own words. The things I'm compelled to teach about are often the result of past experiences. Even so, God allows me to be tested in the same areas again. I'm faced with these questions often. Do I mean what I say? Am I living...
3 Strategies to Turn Your Shame-Story Into Your Healing
What is your story? We all have one. You know, the story that contains the good, the bad, the ugly of...
5 Things Christians Ignore to Deny God at Work
Please note. The examples shared here, of ways we use God to deny God at work, which include phrases we say and scriptures we use, indicate possible obstacles to a cultivated life. They may also be used in well-intentioned helpful and healing ways. Truth is...
We Don’t Have to Understand to Walk Alongside
It started in the garden. This need to know. How things will work out. Why this happened. What to do next. And how others should live. It stunts our ability to grow. I'm not talking about knowing God intimately at a heart level, but trying to know about God which...