Do you struggle with sugar addiction? Studies have shown not only what sugar does to our bodies and minds but also the difficulty of breaking free from its tight grasp. Many of us have heard all about this type of research, yet we continue to inhale foods dripping with sugar and their equally devastating fake […]
Tell Your Story
We all have a story to tell. Maybe yours is about addiction like mine. You could be deeply scarred by the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse of your past. Perhaps you struggled through infertility and miscarriage. Regardless of what pain has consumed you. Whether you are fully healed today or not, I want to encourage you […]
Finding Freedom By Forgiving Our Pasts
When I was an innocent child dreaming about my future, I never imagined the incredibly dark days that lie ahead. As I’ve shared many times here, I became an addict at the frighteningly young age of 13. This led to places, people, and circumstances that I should have never been associated with. I thought about […]
Finding Space to Breathe
My life is stuffed full. During each second, in every corner, something is begging for my attention. I have definite hoarding tendencies in all areas of my life. My house is stuffed with things. Over Christmas break last year, we took at least 6 truck loads of cast aside belongings to Good Will. Yet I […]
When Sickness Steals Our Faith
There have been so many times in my life that I doubted God. Most of these moments were directly tied to the difficult health circumstances of myself or someone I loved. That time I spent in the hospital in my early 20’s having my gall bladder removed. It was destroyed by months of binging on […]
Turning to Food: November Update
I’m not sure why both of my incredibly successful food addiction programs, the 21-Day Belly Fix and 31 Days to Recovery, happened to end around Halloween 2 years in a row. I have decided it’s God’s way of telling me sugar cannot be stored in my house for more than 24 hours. Each year I […]