To Help You Heal

This week on To Help You Heal, we’re beginning our Advent series, The Light Has Come, by talking about something many of us feel but don’t always say out loud: What do we do when it feels like we’re still waiting for the light to break through? Advent is a season of hope and anticipation — but it can also press on places in us that feel tender. Maybe you’re waiting for healing, clarity, reconcilia...

This week on To Help You Heal, we’re wrapping up our Living in the After series by talking about something we all face on the other side of obedience and waiting: What do we do when our confidence starts to wobble?   Even when we’re following what God asked us to do, our confidence can rise and fall. Sometimes it’s circumstances, sometimes it’s emotional fatigue, and sometimes it’s simply the sile...

This week on To Help You Heal, we’re continuing our series Living in the After — and today we’re talking about something that sounds simple, but is one of the hardest things for many of us to do: Resting when it feels like nothing is happening. If you’ve ever said yes to God, stepped into obedience, and then suddenly found yourself in a quiet, still, confusing space — this episode is for you. I sh...

In this week’s episode of To Help You Heal, I’m stepping into a space we don’t talk about nearly enough — the middle. You know… that quiet, stretching, uncomfortable space between the moment you say yes to something God is stirring in you and the moment you finally see the outcome unfold. We love the beginning — the excitement, the vision, the clarity. We love the end — the celebration, the testim...

This week wraps up our Going For It series — and if you’ve made it this far with me, I hope it’s helped you see what’s been holding you back and how to move forward in faith anyway. We’ve talked about why we hesitate, how to build courage and trust, and even how to get out of our own way. Now? It’s time to put it all together. Because here’s the truth: you don’t have to feel ready to say yes. Most...

This week on To Help You Heal, I’m continuing our Going For It series by talking about something we’ve all experienced: that moment when the excitement wears off, things get hard, and we want to quit. You know the one… “What was I thinking?” “I’m not cut out for this.” “Maybe I heard God wrong…”   I’ve been there. Many times. But what if resistance isn’t a red flag — what if it’s actually confirma...

This week on To Help You Heal, we’re pulling back the curtain on a sneaky little word that keeps so many of us stuck: “ready.” You’ve probably said it (or thought it) a hundred times: ✨ “I’m not ready yet.” ✨ “I just need a little more time.” ✨ “When I feel ready, I’ll go for it.” But what if readiness isn’t the thing you need? What if being willing — to take one small, imperfect step — is the...

This week on To Help You Heal, I’m kicking off a new series all about what it actually looks like to “go for it.” If you’ve ever felt stuck between a sense that God is calling you to something more and the fear that maybe you’re not ready — this episode is for you. I’m diving into that space between hesitation and action — the place where fear often sneaks in and pretends to be wisdom or practical...

This week, I’m closing out the Stories That Shaped Me series with one of the most transformative chapters of my life — the story of writing and publishing my second book, To Help You Heal.   But this isn’t just about writing a book. It’s about what happens when we stop waiting for permission and finally say yes to what’s on our heart — even when it doesn’t unfold the way we thought it would. In th...

Some moments never really leave us. In this week’s episode, I’m talking about grief, healing, and what it looks like to walk through those tender anniversary dates — the ones that still carry weight, even years later. I’m sharing my own experience of what this season has looked like for me, the unexpected emotions that surfaced, and how I’m learning (again) to let go of control and invite God into...

This week on To Help You Heal, I’m sharing one of the most significant stories of my life—the forgiveness I experienced from the Amish community in the aftermath of the schoolhouse shooting. On the very day of the tragedy, members of the Amish community walked to my parents’ home. I’ll never forget watching them arrive, unsure of what they might say. Instead of judgment, they came with compassion....

This week on To Help You Heal, we continue the Stories That Shaped Me series with a vulnerable reflection on disappointment, grief, and the ruts our minds can fall into. After my dad passed away, I stopped dreaming with God. Every morning, I told Him: “Don’t ask me to dream, because dreams only lead to disappointment.” It felt safer not to hope. But while I thought I was protecting myself, God rev...

This week on To Help You Heal, we’re continuing the Stories That Shaped Me series with a story that has deeply influenced how I live today. When my first husband and I got married, my greatest dream was to be a wife and a mom. In our first year, we found out we were expecting a baby girl, Elise. But at just 26 weeks, she was born premature and lived only 20 minutes in our arms. The loss was devast...

This week on To Help You Heal, we’re starting a brand-new series: Stories That Shaped Me. Over the next four weeks, I’ll be sharing stories from my own life — not just to look back, but to help you find hope, perspective, and healing in your own story too. As we move toward the 19th anniversary of the Amish schoolhouse shooting, a tragedy that forever changed my life, I find myself reflecting more...

This week, we’re wrapping up our four-part series with the final step: creating. Over the past few weeks, we’ve practiced stacking small but powerful rhythms: Week 1: Relax — giving ourselves permission to breathe and let go of tension. Week 2: Listen — making space to hear our own hearts and God’s voice. Week 3: Clarity — beginning to make sense of what we’ve heard. Now, it’s time to create. Crea...

We’ve reached week three of our four-part series on creating space for healing and growth. In week one, we focused on relaxation—building small moments of rest into our everyday lives. Last week, we talked about listening—to ourselves, to God, and to what rises up when we give space for quiet. This week is all about clarity. Clarity is simply making sense of what we’ve heard. It’s not about perfec...

This week on To Help You Heal, I’m continuing our four-part series by focusing on something so simple yet often so difficult: listening. Last week, we laid the foundation by talking about relaxation—how creating moments of calm prepares our hearts and minds for what’s next. This week, we’re building on that by exploring how to listen—to yourself, to God, and to the quiet nudges that often get drow...

This week, we’re starting a brand new four-week series where each step builds on the one before: Relax → Listen → Clarity → Create. Today, we’re beginning with the foundation — relaxation. And I don’t just mean vacations or naps (though those are wonderful too). I’m talking about weaving moments of rest into your everyday life so you can breathe, reset, and make space for what matters. We’ll talk...

If you’ve been with me over the past few weeks, you know we’ve been walking through a series about emotional healing — starting with the idea of the “emotional closet” we all tend to stuff full of things we’d rather not deal with. We talked about what happens when the door pops open, how to create space for peace, and how to build rhythms that support our healing. This week, I’m closing the series...

If you joined me last week, you’ll remember we talked about that closet — the one where we tend to stuff things we don’t want to deal with. Not just the physical clutter, but the emotional kind too. You know, the conversations we’ve avoided, the frustration we’ve ignored, the pain we’ve shoved down and hoped would just stay tucked away. But what happens after the door opens and things start spilli...

This week, I’m inviting you into a conversation about emotional healing — not in a clinical sense, but in a real-life, heart-level kind of way. I start by asking a question we can probably all relate to: Do you have that one closet where you shove everything in and just hope the door will close? You lean against it, you hear the latch click shut, and you breathe a little sigh of relief — until one...

Thanks for being here with me on To Help You Heal as we wrap up our four-week series on miracles and the belief that God is still moving in our lives today. This week, I’m talking about something that’s incredibly close to my heart — the power of sharing your story. It’s one thing to see God show up in your life, but it’s another thing entirely to tell someone about it. And I believe we need both....

Thanks for joining me on this week's episode of To Help You Heal. We're continuing our series on miracles — and today, I want to ask a simple but powerful question: Do you still believe in miracles? Maybe you're not sure. I get it — it can feel risky to believe again, especially after disappointment. In this episode, I discuss what it means to hold onto hope when the outcome doesn't align with our...

Thanks for joining me for another episode in our summer series on miracles. Today, we’re talking about something that can quietly shift everything: our perspective. So often, we move through life looking through a lens shaped by past experiences, old beliefs, or doubts—and we don’t even realize it. I share a personal reflection and how a small shift reminded me of what happens when we begin to see...

In this week’s episode, we begin a brand-new series centered on rediscovering the truth that God is actively present, He hears our prayers, and He still moves in our lives today. Have you ever gone through a season where you couldn’t feel God’s presence? Where His silence made you wonder if you’d done something wrong or if He had left you altogether? We'll talk about the question — what do we do w...