Discover why so many people struggle with insomnia and how trauma, neurobiology, and spiritual anxiety affect sleep. A guide with Christ-centered practices to calm your body and reclaim rest. In my coaching practice I’ve noticed that weeks have themes amongst my clients and conversations. Last week it was insomnia so, I had to answer… Why Insomnia Happens (From a Neuroscience + Trauma Lens) For many people, the hours meant for rest become the hours of greatest torment. You li

A Scripture-rooted, neuroscience-informed guide to calming your body, activating the vagus nerve, and finding peace in God's presence. When anxiety tightens your chest or chaos floods your thoughts, your nervous system is doing exactly what it was designed to do, protect you. However, sometimes that protection can spiral into emotional overwhelm, reactivity, or shutdown. What if something as simple as ice could help you shift from stress to peace, from panic to prayer? Cold e

Break free from negative thoughts through a biblical and brain-based approach to healing, identity, and inner renewal in Christ. “Taking every thought captive” was the focus of last night’s group session in Renewing the Mind & Regulating the Heart . What if the thoughts racing through your mind weren’t the final word on who you are or where your life is headed? What if your anxious internal script, the quiet whispers of “not enough,” “too late,” or “this will never change,” c

A gentle, honest reflection on why Conversations with God once felt like truth and how Scripture led me to the real voice of God through Christ. About 30 years ago, I read Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. I was in a deeply introspective season, spiritually open, intellectually curious, and longing to understand the deeper truths of human nature. I wasn’t reacting to religious hurt. I was responding to a hunger: for peace, for wisdom, for something that made sen

When fatigue sets in, God invites us to pause and return to His design for rest If your nervous system is in survival mode, you’re not alone. God has already given you a way out and it begins with rest. When a crisis stretches on for weeks, months, or even years, fatigue doesn’t just affect your thinking. It settles into your body. You may look composed on the outside but feel exhausted inside. Living under pressure can become its own form of exile, alert, but emotionally dra

What do you do when you've prayed the same prayers for years and heaven stays silent? When your requests aren’t selfish or superficial, but spiritual and sincere? When you ask for good things like hearing God’s voice or having time to serve in your church and the doors stay closed? You start to wonder:Is God even listening?Does He care about me?Am I rejected… forgotten… worthless? A client recently confided something raw and real: “I feel angry at God. I've begged Him to help