• Connections,  Encouragement

    From the Pit to the Rock

    I’m a fiction writer by trade, and that means people can find me. They can also let me know when I have disappointed them, angered them, and let them down by writing something they don’t like. Honestly, sometimes I wish I lived way back in the day when female writers were given male pen names and hidden in the shadows. As much as I love to write, I’m much too thin-skinned for the job, and this week someone’s harsh words reminded me just how true that is. Yes, I got one of those emails. Darkness pounced. Very often those who find something distasteful in my writing go right for the…

  • Anxiety,  Brain Care

    How do you Feel?

    When asked How Do You Feel? I had no idea. I had dropped my emotional life down to two options: I'm feeling anxious OR I'm not feeling anxious. I needed to change that.

  • The Power of the Pause
    Anxiety,  Lifestyle,  Soul Care

    The Power of the Pause

    After finding a phone app called The One-Minute Pause by John Eldredge and the Wild at Heart Team, I pondered the wisdom of the pause and many ways to incorporate holy pauses into my daily rhythm.