In my top 5 all-time favorite songs is One by U2 and Mary J. Blige. I could listen to it on repeat over and over again. If you haven’t before, I encourage you to check out the whole song because it is filled with beautiful lyrics, but the part that rises to the surface today is […]
Sisters in Mental Illness: Mental Healing
by on January 21, 2019 1 Comment
“I believe women and men who are blessed with mental illness are going to be advocates who are going the change the world.” Sheli Massie has battled an eating disorder, postpartum psychosis and PTSD. But what defines her are not her mental illnesses, but her journey of mental healing. “Healing is not set in a […]
I Looked for Joy in the Wrong Place
by on December 11, 2018 Leave a Comment
I thought it was gone, but it turns out, I was just looking for it in the wrong place. Four years ago, when my dad died, everything changed. I’m not just speaking in the metaphoric sense that everything changed in grief, but in the very real, physical sense that everything in our wee Forbes world […]
Sisters in Mental Illness: Mental Health and Church
by on November 19, 2018 4 Comments
“I used to think everybody was OK except for people with mental illness. However we’re all struggling, whether it is visible or not. That’s why the church needs to be instrumental [in this conversation] and be the messiest place you can find.” Last month Shaley talked to Lalainia Lindbjerg Strelau about her battle with anorexia […]
When Bravery Looks Like Homemade Bread Cake
by on November 7, 2018 5 Comments
By: Kailey Veenstra In building relationships with people who are different from us, we must decide: are we willing to risk saying the wrong things, risk hearing how we are a part of the problem? Are we willing to love and push through hurts that may come? We must risk exploring the problems we don’t […]
