Feeling Fear Doesn’t Mean You Lack Faith In my work with clients, one theme that comes up often is fear. For many of them, fear can show up in very practical, everyday ways: fear of making the wrong decision, fear about a relationship changing, fear of disappointing someone, fear about health or finances, fear of setting a boundary, fear of what others may think, or simply the fear of not knowing what comes next. Fear is human. Among my clients who are women of faith, there c

I recently read The Gift of Not Belonging, and I felt deeply seen. The book talks about “otroverts,” people who are grounded in their own sense of self and can value connection without losing themselves in the need to belong. That word landed for me. They can appreciate connection, tradition, and shared experiences without needing to participate in every gathering or live communally in order to feel secure. I’ve always valued deep, one-on-one relationships more than large gro

“Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things we hope for, being the proof of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality (faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses).”— Hebrews 11:1 (AMPC) When fear shows up, it can make fear feel like truth. The mind fills with what if questions, worst-case scenarios, and imagined outcomes that suddenly feel certain. In those moments, God can seem quiet—not because He has lef