by Tonyah | Aug 3, 2021 | Featured, Meditation, Mental Health
Throughout life, we use the word grief to describe a wide range of responses to an even wider range of circumstances. But what actually is grief? Grief is a natural response to a change or loss of something you once had in your life or to something you wanted but...
by Tonyah | Jul 12, 2021 | Mental Health
I didn’t grow up with abuse of any kind, but I married it, once. It’s taken me years to understand and define the damage caused by emotional toxins. Like environmental toxins that slowly destroy the earth, these toxins pollute the body, soul, and spirit causing a slow...
by Tonyah | Jul 7, 2021 | Mental Health
I had always been a calm person. In the home where I grew up, no one yelled. Even when my mother called my brother and me in for dinner, she didn’t scream for us. When I became an adult, I realized not everyone’s the same, especially during a divorce. My...
by Tonyah | Jun 13, 2021 | Featured, Meditation, Mental Health
The moment I accepted that my ex-husband and I were fundamentally different was similar to the moment I accepted Christ into my heart. Before this one pivotal conversation with my ex, I found myself trapped in a deprivation box — no light, no growth, no hope — until...
by Tonyah | May 9, 2021 | Featured, Mental Health, Spirituality
Christian or not, divorce can be a dirty deal. Even the title of this blog is anxiety-provoking. “How to deal” already suggests that you better take a seat at the card table, for some win at this game and some lose. If you are divorced or going through a...
by Tonyah | Apr 11, 2021 | Featured, Meditation, Mental Health
I’m not sure at what age I learned that having two to three glasses of wine at night was enough to get me to fall asleep. I think it was early, like in my teens, after my non-drinking parents divorced and then remarried spouses that drank. Dinners with my new...
