Mental Health

Brave Women Series

Every Wednesday a different woman will be featured as she shares about her personal journey toward courage with Jesus. These stories are powerful, real and straight from the heart. Sign up HERE to have the weekly BRAVE stories sent straight to your inbox. You will not want to miss a single article in this series!

The Pandemic of Panic, Fear & Depression: Unpacking What's Happening in Our Spirits, Bodies & Souls

Nov 6, 20235 min read

The Pandemic of Panic, Fear & Depression: Unpacking What's Happening in Our Spirits, Bodies & Souls

By Christy Boulware Brave Women Series - Christy's Story Being discharged from the hospital should have made me feel better. After all, I...

Finding Freedom from Food Addiction: How God Brings to Light What Hides in the Dark

Brave Women Series

Aug 23, 20226 min read

Finding Freedom from Food Addiction: How God Brings to Light What Hides in the Dark

By Christina Zambrano God's Brave Women - Christina's Story I vowed to take my secret to the grave even though I knew without a doubt...

Asking for What You Need Can Be the Bravest Thing of All

Brave Women Series

Aug 9, 20226 min read

Asking for What You Need Can Be the Bravest Thing of All

By Heather Bjur God's Brave Women - Heather's Story It’s been a BIG year in my world. Big is such a ‘vanilla’ word, and my creative...

For the Days We Feel Broken: How Brave Surrender Helps Us Get Out of Survival Mode

Brave Women Series

Jul 12, 20224 min read

For the Days We Feel Broken: How Brave Surrender Helps Us Get Out of Survival Mode

By Amanda Jass God's Brave Women - Amanda's Story “I feel like I’m broken.” These are the exact words I said to my husband a few months...

The Brave Choice to Get Help: How Going to Counseling Cultivates Truth and Courage

Brave Women Series

Feb 1, 20225 min read

The Brave Choice to Get Help: How Going to Counseling Cultivates Truth and Courage

By Jenn Schultz God's Brave Women - Jenn's Story It took months to make the phone call. Then a few more months to fill out the simple...

Living Through Childhood Abuse with Borrowed Bravery

Brave Women Series

Aug 31, 20214 min read

Living Through Childhood Abuse with Borrowed Bravery

By Amanda Lewallen God's Brave Women - Amanda's Story Sitting in her office, I traced the tiny circle on the arm of the chair with my...

Anxiety and Depression Don’t Disqualify You from Being Brave

Brave Women Series

Jun 22, 20217 min read

Anxiety and Depression Don’t Disqualify You from Being Brave

By Becky Keife God's Brave Women - Becky's Story One of the hardest things about anxiety and depression (at least for me) is not being...

Getting Unstuck from Fear: How Surfing Helped Me Find My Courage and Joy

Brave Women Series

Jun 8, 20215 min read

Getting Unstuck from Fear: How Surfing Helped Me Find My Courage and Joy

By Angie Gibbons God's Brave Women - Angie's Story I like to say that I surf. But what I do has more in common with a baby who has just...

Finding the Courage to Face Childhood Sexual Abuse and Trauma

Brave Women Series

Apr 6, 20215 min read

Finding the Courage to Face Childhood Sexual Abuse and Trauma

By Maria Fonseca God's Brave Women - Maria's Story There’s a stigma associated with people when they are admitted to a psychiatric...

Letting Anxiety Lead Us to Jesus Instead of Judgment

Brave Women Series

Mar 23, 20215 min read

Letting Anxiety Lead Us to Jesus Instead of Judgment

By JJ Gutierrez God's Brave Women - JJ's Story Here I sit again. Butterflies flapping wildly in my belly and anxious thoughts racing from...

Tearing Down the Stigma Behind Suicide: Bravely Talking About Mental Illness

Brave Women Series

Mar 2, 20215 min read

Tearing Down the Stigma Behind Suicide: Bravely Talking About Mental Illness

By Pamela Henkelman God's Brave Women - Pamela's Story Four years ago, the kind funeral director hauled more chairs into the overflow...

Having Courage in the Hard Middles of Motherhood

Brave Women Series

Feb 16, 20216 min read

Having Courage in the Hard Middles of Motherhood

By Bethany Kimsey God's Brave Women - Bethany's Story I sat slowly, hesitantly on the couch, unsure of what I would hear that week in...

Silencing Shame from Abortion: A Brave Story of God's Redemptive Love

Brave Women Series

Dec 8, 20206 min read

Silencing Shame from Abortion: A Brave Story of God's Redemptive Love

By Carla Edmisten God's Brave Women - Carla's Story I did not have the courage to do the right thing over thirty years ago. I believed my...

Brave Women Series

Oct 27, 20205 min read

How Humility Helps Us Be Brave with God

By Jenny Lynne Stroup God's Brave Women - Jenny Lynne's Story There are a few moments in my life where outsized pride outpaces humility...

Braving the Edge: Reaching Out to Addicted Loved Ones

Brave Women Series

Jul 7, 20206 min read

Braving the Edge: Reaching Out to Addicted Loved Ones

By Melissa C. Dyer God's Brave Women - Melissa's Story Even as I pulled on the handle and timidly walked inside, I was surprised to find...

Brave Women Series

Mar 31, 20205 min read

Finding the Courage to Feel

By Sarah E. Westfall God's Brave Women - Sarah's Story I don’t know when or where I learned to hide my emotions. Perhaps it was that day...

Brave Women Series

Jul 17, 20196 min read

Courage in the Midst of Panic Attacks

By Jenni Borcherding God's Brave Women - Jenni's Story I began pacing and could hardly catch my breath. The walls in my living room...