Recently, I watched an episode of Jada Pinkett-Smith's Red Table Talk in which she discussed addiction. I was intrigued by the many things I have heard in ge...

Recently, God has been working on my heart in the area of forgiveness. I am not the most obedient person and still have many flaws and things I am working on...

Back in the Fall of 2019, my therapist asked me if I saw myself as a victim or not. After a few seconds, I responded, “No.” But then I thought about it. And ...

Yesterday during online church, the pastor spoke about the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. In John 11, Mary and Martha, Lazarus’s sisters send ...

It was the end of the fall semester when I decided to get 2 jobs over winter break. I ended up working 2-3 jobs. Since I had struggled with seasonal depressi...

As a kid, school was a safe-haven for me, even though there were many challenges I faced there. I remember being in kindergarten and thinking, "My teacher is...

There were several circumstances in my life I thought I would never make it out of. One that sticks out more than others happened during my senior year of hi...

I admit it. Working with kids was scary, especially on the cusp of losing two siblings I raised as my own. I was so terrified that something would happen to ...

Often when you’re struggling, you don’t know where to find hope. On my mental health journey, I found hope in a lot of different ways that I would like to sh...

I can understand why people say that bitterness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. A few months ago, I made a conscious decision ...

Recently, I was talking to a friend about grief and pain and reflecting on my experience of surviving an emotionally dark place. She told me, “It’s good you ...

Recently, I have had a few conversations with people on the other side of mental health. These are the people who interact with those who suffer from mental ...

Over the summer of 2019 and for the first time in a long time, I felt an overwhelming sense of God’s presence in a place I felt it was least likely to happen...

The best things in my life have been caused by God. The worst things in my life have been allowed by God. This truth was hard to come to terms with. Abuse? G...

Welcome to a new chapter in my life! How did we get here? One day in August 2019, I woke up and realized that seven years of my life had passed me by. I was ...

Lately, I have been waking up at 2 and 3 AM. I wake up thinking about life and questioning my decision to be so public about my mental health. Though I have ...

I remember when I was about seven years old and I was on the school bus, headed home. One of my classmates kept staring at me. Finally, she asked me, "Are yo...

Sometimes I ask myself, "Could I be a friend to someone like Job? Or would the negativity of his circumstances cloud my judgement of his character?" I am ref...

Recently in therapy, I discovered how many unhealthy boundaries I have had in my life. So much so, I decided to write an article about them. You can read the...

After the release of my freshman EP, I wrestled and fought with even more things. I fought with family, friends, coworkers, thoughts, faith, and depression. ...