The circle itself is exhausting, the emotions life changing. Nevertheless, we do not give up.
Bipolar Life- The Journal, #1
The feeling of doom settles so deeply in your veins that it crushes you. My stomach took on being the teacups at Disney the rest of the day, my chest lifted weights the rest of the night. My mind refused to shut off.
Bipolar Peace- Cross the finish line
We know our brain is sending all the wrong signals. We seek help from one place or the other. We pull away because it seems no one understands or cares to understand. Then we reach out again, and if we are lucky, one person may understand.
Bipolar Life-Five Reasons to be Bold, Courageous, and Strong
There was a time I couldn’t face the days of trials with this same joy. A time that strength was hard to come by, and the weight of darkness would truly hold me down. God is aware of our struggles. He is also made perfect in our weakness.
Mental Health ~ Desirable Weakness
Many who have remained hidden somewhere in the background. Fear stomping her fight. Shame draping over his shoulders like a heavy stone cape. The burden, effortlessly, weighing her down.
Mental Health ~ Walls Along the Way
How did I manage to live in both of these worlds simultaneously? Under any other god, one would be evicted for the crimes of immorality I've committed.
Mental Health ~ Unwanted Time
He is there in your regrets. He is there in your shame. He is there in all the dirty of your life.
Mental Health ~ Step Away
Without this very intimate relationship we share, I'd be crying in a bowl of Cheerios, feeling like a failure today.
Mental Health ~ Staying in the Closet
In my mind, I was hiding in a dark closet that Jesus would never step in. When I say these words aloud, I imagine there are many people with issues I am unaware of, sitting in a closet somewhere, thinking Jesus would never enter, too.
Mental Health ~ A Bridge to the Other Side
What I found through this intentional journey was that I wasn't building a bridge to close the gap, but I was building a bridge to the other side, away from the fear, the chaos. And when I crossed that bridge- I burned it down!


