There is bravery in saying "no" to the difficult times and toxic relationships in your life, but how do we find strength when it isn't as easy as it sounds in our weakest moments...
Bravery in saying “No”
Worth…Less: Finding Meaning when the Voices in your Life Say You Have None
I am more than the hardest and darkest seasons of my life. There are weak moments where it is hard to believe that truth, but this reminder is something I need to continually turn back to. I am more. You are more. And He that lives within us is more.
Pure Panic
That feeling when your heart is beating faster than you can count, your lungs are expanding and collapsing all in the same instant. Your scared, your worried, your anxious, your stressed, your overwhelmed, and you feel like something is about to happen. Something is happening, the worst is happening right inside your head. Your brain... Continue Reading →
Running Away
There is a part of us all that has the instinct to either fight or flight when we go through any hard difficult situation. In the moment, we make the unconscious or even conscious decision to fight or flight. To stay and deal with whatever is difficult, or to run away. I am starting to... Continue Reading →
No Longer Defined By My Mistakes
The other day I wrote with vulnerability the reality I am facing with missing my best friend, my Father. A Father whose suicidal death I have been ashamed of, and in doing so wasn’t honoring or celebrating the life he had. In a sense, I grew up defining my Dad from the worst part of... Continue Reading →
Losing My Best Friend
*Written 2017 There’s a puzzle piece that’s been missing from my life, one that I am just now fully understanding. There are some puzzles that you can still see the picture when a piece is missing, but the size of the missing piece determines how much of the picture we are missing. I think I... Continue Reading →
Damaged Goods
There’s a green sticker on me, do you have one too? You know those green stickers that when you walk into the store any of the objects that have been nicked, dented, scratched or cracked is determined as “damaged goods”. These are the objects in the store they just want to get rid of because they... Continue Reading →
Sanitation Grade for your Life
What is one of the first things you do when you walk into a new restaurant? You probably either first look at the menu to see if it is worth sitting down to get a table, or you check the sanitation grade that should be hanging somewhere close to the entrance. The sanitation grade is... Continue Reading →
Wounded Sinners
I am a sinner. Like not just a pat on the head, pour baby, pitiful little sinner. Like a get-it-wrong-every-day sinner. Being disobedient to God is about as bad as you can get in life. This happens everyday, sometimes small and sometimes regrettably big. I will feel dirty in His presence, unworthy to speak His name,... Continue Reading →
I’m Tired
I am Tired. Tired of hurting. Tired of sadness. Tired of pain. Tired of crying. Tired of hiding. Tired of letting fear run my life. Tired of losing a race that’s already been won. The other day my husband found me laying flat on the pavement of our driveway, my arms stretched out wide and... Continue Reading →
Emily Rose Funderburk, LCMHC 