Author: Turbulent Advocate

To grieve someone you never knew; that no one knew. A person you never saw or heard or touched, but loved deeply nonetheless. A death with no funeral, no casket, no memorial, no grave. Just pain and emptiness and aching. A weight of displaced guilt, never meant to be yours to carry. Comforting words escape, [...]

but i am a warrior with war cries in my blood

Guest post from Rebekah Wegener   For the battles I've fought And the battles I've lost For the battles I will continue to fight For the day when I'll want to live For the bathroom-floor battles When I thought all was lost And the silent steady defiance in nevertheless breathing . For the nights when [...]

For the wounded love, be the great Love and the great Healer. Make hearts whole again. Bleed your forgiveness and grace into their hearts. Show them love that no one else can. For the one fighting urges and compulsions that control their life, give freedom and ease their mind. Give them peace and also strength [...]

If you refuse to listen to psychologists and psychiatrists and neurologists and therapists who have devoted years to study and research on these things, then hear me instead. Because as you laugh and mock the studies showing how hitting and emotionally abusing your children affects them, I fight everyday to deal with these real-life consequences [...]

Hiring the right candidate can be challenging. When looking for the next star employee for your company or organization, let me give you some reasons to consider an atypical employee - namely the emotionally damaged individual. These individuals go above and beyond in all circumstances, seeking acceptance at nearly any cost. They are problem-solvers; having [...]

I almost believe depression and anxiety are not separate things but a two-headed monster; demons that play off each other seamlessly in a synchronized dance seemingly impossible to interrupt.

At times I feel like a hypocrite when I talk about Compassion International. Honestly, I’m not a very good sponsor. I forget to write, I forget to pray, right now we only sponsor one kid, the $38 just auto-drafts every month and with everything else in my life, I struggle to get emotionally invested.   [...]

  When you (or someone you love) finally decide to "get help" it's easy to think it will only take a few counseling sessions, or a few weeks on medication, or getting into a good exercise routine. Unfortunately, that's not usually how it works. The decision to get better is crucial but is only the [...]

He's stitching my heart back together. The One who created me to be strong and beautiful and joyful and whole. He's taking the jagged edges of my heart and piecing them into new, holy mosaic. I knew He would. I clung to His promises from the muddy pits of self-hatred and despair and confusion and life-ending [...]