Napping to the Glory of God
As a chronically ill person, I nap. I nap a lot. For some that may sound dreamy, but it can be really annoying sometimes too. Just because I’m so tired I can’t continue to function through the rest of the…
When a Loved One Suffers
This is the sixth post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. This is for those who walk beside one who suffers. Perhaps we suffer too. We certainly suffer as we watch our loved one experience and process their emotional…
Processing Emotional Pain through Viewing Art
This is the fifth post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. “We often come away from someone else’s creation with a deeper understanding of our own story.” -Jan Phillips in God Is at Eye Level: Photography as a Healing…
Processing Emotional Pain through Creating Art
This is the fourth post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. Many people find comfort in processing their pain through art - dance, paint, pen, words, film. Each medium can provide a cathartic release and expression of pain. Photography…
Processing Emotional Pain with Jesus
This is the second post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. In total conjunction with treatment to processing emotional pain is, for me, my faith in Jesus. Knowing that Jesus was fully human and suffered like we do -…
Processing Emotional Pain through Companionship
This is the third post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. The posts to the other parts of the series can be found here. Pain can feel lonely and isolating but we often have "companions in misfortune. In sorrow."…
Processing Emotional Pain through Treatment
This is the first post in the series of Processing Emotional Pain. I originally had this post at the end of the series and purposely moved it to the beginning. Treatment for emotional pain or mental illness is not an…
Processing Emotional Pain: Series Intro
It is likely that if you don’t suffer from emotional pain through trauma, grief, or mental illness, that you have a friend or family member who struggles. People have pre-conceived notions on how pain should be processed, how long it…
Stone Soup!
Hello! Today I was featured over at Jenni Prokopy's blog, www.chronicbabe.com. Here's a link to the guest post I wrote: Stone soup: How to create something from nothing when you have chronic illness. I hope you enjoy it! While you…
5 Good Reasons to Take a Summer Break
I didn't really mean to take a summer break... it just kind of happened. And it hasn't really been a break...just a break from the blog while I focus my limited energies on another project (we'll get to that in…