Over the last several months, have you been continually worried or anxious about a number of events or activities in your daily life? “No.” What good would worrying do? Worrying is for the weak and undisciplined. Do you feel bad about yourself — that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down? “No.”Continue reading “A Mental Health Advocate Uncovers Her Own Internalized Stigma: my journey toward healing”
A Letter to the Church on Mother’s Day (Guest Post at Spiritual Parent)
One night a couple years ago, I was in the middle of our bedtime saga—trying to get dinner put away and my twin toddlers wrestled into pajamas so we could begin the battle that would end, inevitably, with me sitting on the floor between two wiggly toddler bodies, a hand on each back, patting slowlyContinue reading “A Letter to the Church on Mother’s Day (Guest Post at Spiritual Parent)”
Resurrection
It’s gray and misty outside today. Sometimes rain feels fresh and cleansing but this is the cold, sleety, spitting kind. I’m at a coffee shop but I want to be at home under a big heavy blanket with my kids tucked in beside me. I want to sleep. One of my most beloved spiritual mothersContinue reading “Resurrection”
Selah, child of light
For years I have said that miscarrying our tiny Selah was the beginning of the end of faith for me. In the days after that very worst day, family and friends reached out with words of comfort, with meals, with stories of their own loss. Tangible, vulnerable acts of kindness that made me feel lessContinue reading “Selah, child of light”
selah, star child
This week I will be sharing pieces I’ve written about our miscarriage over the past 6 years. They have been scattered across different blogs in different seasons, spanning the full arc of my faith deconstruction and grief journey and I wanted to bring them together in one place to make them more accessible, and alsoContinue reading “selah, star child”
Selah, Like Water
This week I will be sharing pieces I’ve written about our miscarriage over the past 6 years. They have been scattered across different blogs in different seasons, spanning the full arc of my faith deconstruction and grief journey and I wanted to bring them together in one place to make them more accessible, and alsoContinue reading “Selah, Like Water”
Carrying Lost Hearts
This week I will be sharing pieces I’ve written about our miscarriage over the past 6 years. They have been scattered across different blogs in different seasons, spanning the full arc of my faith deconstruction and grief journey and I wanted to bring them together in one place to make them more accessible, and alsoContinue reading “Carrying Lost Hearts”
Four and Seventeen Months
This week I will be sharing pieces I’ve written about our miscarriage over the past 6 years. They have been scattered across different blogs in different seasons, spanning the full arc of my faith deconstruction and grief journey and I wanted to bring them together in one place to make them more accessible, and alsoContinue reading “Four and Seventeen Months”
claiming resurrection
This week I will be sharing pieces I’ve written about our miscarriage over the past 6 years. They have been scattered across different blogs in different seasons, spanning the full arc of my faith deconstruction and grief journey and I wanted to bring them together in one place to make them more accessible, and alsoContinue reading “claiming resurrection”
When the Experts Fail Us
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about expert advice.
I crave it.
The alluring notion that there is an objectively best way to do everything in life is pitched to us in every sphere – books, blogs, seminars – if you’re anxious about it, there’s someone waiting in the wings to teach you how to overcome it.
And I fall for it every time.
Julianne Vantland 
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