Fighting Goliath for Mental Illness Blog

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes…

January 1 often arrives with a strange mix of hope and heaviness.After weeks of travel, disrupted routines, late nights, rich foods, and full calendars, many of uswake up on New Year’s Day feeling foggy, tired, and emotionally flat. Our bodies are asking forrest. Our minds are craving quiet. Yet the…

Photo credit: Ava Sol With all the hustle of the Christmas season, it’s easy to get off track without even noticing it—until January arrives oh so quickly. Suddenly, the effects show up in our mood, energy, motivation, and emotional resilience. January is only a few weeks away, and how we…

“And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”— 2 Corinthians 12:9 The apostle Paul was dealing with what he called…

From middle school, where mean girls horrifically bullied me (hence I cannot watch the movie Mean Girls), to the point I cut myself badly, to wanting to commit suicide and almost succeeding, until a Savior came in finally to pull me out of the misery I was in. And more…

Every mother is a caregiver from the moment she learns she’s expecting. We care for them before they ever take a breath—praying for the life growing inside. Then we nurture, protect, and pour ourselves out, hoping the love we give will be enough to carry them when life gets hard.…

"But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good.” (Genesis 50:20)You've been through so much for so long. You thought you'd never get here. You thought you'dnever see with your own eyes the purpose behind the pain that has weighed you down foryears. Every…

Do you ever escape living with bipolar disorder? The honest answer is no—it’s a lifelong journey of the highest highs and the lowest lows, and everything in between. That journey brings confusion, spiritual fire and brimstone, mockery, shame, isolation, and the aching question: will I ever be first instead of…

Responding to the Silent Battle Against Suicide—Be Informed, Educated, and Ready to Support “There is a silent battle raging in the minds and hearts of a vast number of people, and they haven’t told a single soul. Or maybe they sent out a couple SOSs via a joke or a…

Some days in life etch themselves into your memory—not because they are beautiful, but because they split your story into “before” and “after.” One of those days for me began with a trembling phone call from my oldest.  Two weeks after that devastating phone call, I sat in the backyard…

Today marks one year since my dad left his earthly body and went to be with the Lord. Hispassing was sudden and deeply painful for my family and me. What was supposed to be a routinehip replacement turned tragic when a blood clot formed after surgery and traveled to his…

It’s been nearly 19 years since the car accident that caused my PTSD. I can still remember the sounds, the sensations, and the bone-deep fear that I experienced that day. The moment another driver got distracted behind the wheel and slammed into my car at 45 miles per hour, I…