A Holiday Guide for Recovering Pleasers, Perfectionists, and Tender-Hearted Women
The holidays don’t have to leave you depleted.
For people-pleasers, perfectionists, or anyone navigating grief or complex family dynamics, this season can feel heavy instead of joyful. This gentle holiday guide explores how to slow down, release guilt, honor your needs, and create a peaceful, intentional rhythm rooted in grace, rest, and God’s invitation to lay down what was never yours to carry.
Building Lasting Health in an Era of Hacks
Culture glorifies fast, but real health is built slowly. Humans were never meant to be hacked. We’re beautifully designed with simple rhythms for thriving—so why are we treating ourselves like machines? Discover how we got here and the keys to building lasting health in this blog!
Warrior Rising —Developing an Overcoming Heart
What do you do when your life collapses and your own strength can no longer save you? In this personal reflection, Lyn Ferreira explores grace, healing, and the unseen war for the human heart. Drawing from her journey through anxiety and burnout, she writes about surrendering pride, receiving God’s love, and learning to rise with a warrior’s heart. This essay is an invitation for weary women to lay down performance, reclaim their God-given identity, and discover strength rooted not in striving—but in grace.
God Cares About Your Comfort
Comfort helps us move through the toughest times in life. Processing the pain with God and receiving His comfort enable us to remain grounded in His love and extend compassion toward ourselves, especially when circumstances are challenging.
The Messy Bits (Grace is Here for Them)
We've all got places within us that need healing. We may strive to get those painful areas cleaned up or even try to hide them. But grace meets us, surrounds us with love, empowers us in who we are, and invites us into the patient journey.
Loving Yourself is Not Selfish (Part 2)
Partner with God’s heart and honor His design for you—by loving yourself! With our hearts postured toward growth and rooted in love, we can experience healing, live a fruitful life, and love others well.
Loving Yourself is Not Selfish
Have you been taught that self-love is sinful? If you've been serving more, doing more, thinking that it's love, and burning out in the process, this one's for you!
I Was Living in a Mud Hut When I Finally Broke
I was a performer, perfectionist, and a people pleaser. I worked hard, pushed myself to succeed, and from the outside, it looked like I had it all together. Until it all came crashing down.
You are Not a Project to Fix
Treating yourself like a machine and over-optimizing your way to personal growth? There's a better way…
Making Space
Slow things down. If you're willing to endure the discomfort, refreshment is coming your way.