“This is gonna disqualify me.”

Have you ever had that thought? It’s what I pondered when I completed my training as a mental health therapist and was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Dysthymia (Persistent Depression). The latter meant that I had been suffering worse than I had realized (because the diagnosis requires two years of active symptoms). How could this be?

Is depression a sin? You can also include, anxiety, and any mental or emotional pain or diagnosis in that question. The short answer is, "NO!" Honestly, I think the question is based on the wrong image of who God is. As I look throughout the Bible …

When we go through depression it naturally makes us question everything … mostly ourselves. Here’s a simple way to understand how to maintain your worth through the journey.

Hustling for extra hours or staying busy to feel important is overrated! Ministry can be exhausting, but why and how do we do self-care without it seeming selfish? Here’s how!

How do we find a hope that is genuine and authentic? How do we discover a hope that is true even in the midst of repeated disappointments and the painful circumstances of life? I found myself asking these very questions as I stood in the aftermath of my husband’s twelve-year battle with clinical depression and his ultimate suicide.

What if I told you negative thoughts can be healthy? Negative thoughts can actually act as a natural self-preservation filter to avoid danger. For example, when my kids ask me to do a backflip on the trampoline, it's healthy for me to have negative thoughts and tell my kids, “No way!” It's not an issue of not believing in myself or trusting God enough, it's a valuable negative assessment to avoid harm and loss.