by Sara | Jul 5, 2021 | Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Read part one here. I was recently processing our tendency to use every drop of energy we have with my counselor. As an Enneagram type two, self care is not my area of strength. As I have been trying to grow in that area, I have done research about self care and type...
by Sara | Feb 1, 2021 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
“In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8 (NIV) I sat up in the dark room shaking. I frantically glanced around the room, trying to pinpoint the source of danger. I grabbed my phone and texted a friend, my breath...
by Sara | Dec 14, 2020 | Guest Writers, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
I’m super excited to share this guest post from one of my amazing writing mentees. Eliadah has become a good friend of mine and as someone who has experienced some of what she describes in this article, I am so glad you are reading this. This is something too...
by Sara | Nov 30, 2020 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles
Anxiety, depression, and irrational thoughts used to be my norm. Those were probably the worst moments of my chronic illness journey. In them, most of my most important relationships were broken. In them, I felt like I lost myself. In them, I felt like a failed...
by Sara | Nov 16, 2020 | Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
When I cry, I gush snot. It’s disgusting. The noises are probably the worst part. And lately, I’ve been crying on people’s shoulders a lot when emotions get the best of me. The last two months I’ve been carrying around a roll of toilet paper for that very purpose per...
by Sara | Nov 2, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Uncategorized
TODAY’S THE DAY!!! This has been in the works since April, and so many hours and sweat and tears have already been poured into this . . . and now I get to officially share it with you all! Diamonds 2021 is officially happening. And today, we’re sharing all...
