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A gratitude and prayer journal for Christian women

By Stacey A. Shannon on Tuesday, March 21, 2023

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A gratitude and prayer journal can be a great way for Christian women to manage anxiety and grow in their relationship with God. #GratitudeJournal #PrayerJournal #ChristianWomen #ChristianMoms #Anxiety #MentalHealth

Bible Verses

The best Psalms for anxiety

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, March 9, 2023

A photo of the Bible opened to the beginning of the book of Psalms

10 Psalms to bring your peace when you’re anxious Of all the people in the Bible, I have most related to David in the Psalms for many, many years. We certainly haven’t had the exact same life experiences, but David goes from grief to joy to everything in between within a chapter. And that’s how …

Anxiety and Depression

How anxiety and faith can co-exist

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, March 3, 2022

Plus 10 faith-based strategies to manage anxiety I recently had a conversation with a loved one about anxiety and faith. We talked about whether Christians can struggle with anxiety. What does that look like? What does that say about our faith? We weren’t the first people to discuss this, and I know we surely won’t …

Anxiety and Depression

Learning to stop being hard on yourself

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, January 6, 2022

What if you saw yourself like your loved ones see you? I was putting my son to bed recently, and he was having a difficult time. His 8-year-old self was upset with a mistake he had made. It was a very small mistake. He didn’t get in trouble for it. Nobody was upset, hurt or …

Anxiety and Depression

How to look back at a hard year

By Stacey A. Shannon on Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Learning to move on from the challenges This year has brought challenges that most of us didn’t expect when we rang in the new year on January 1. My blog post published on January 2 talked about how I wanted to make sure I kept focused on the things that really matter in life like …

Anxiety and Depression

How major world events have shaped Xennials

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, September 24, 2020

One Xennial’s look at lessons from 9/11, the 2008 financial crisis and the pandemic Xennials: a micro-generation between Generation X and Millenialls. The general consensus is people born between 1977 and 1985. This generation had an analog childhood and digital adulthood. A few weeks ago, I came across the following meme on social media about …

Faith

Getting some perspective for 2020

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, January 2, 2020

A recent biopsy has me re-evaluating my priorities Back in the fall of 2013, I went with my husband to a health fair through his employer. One of the offered tests was an ultrasound of arteries in your neck. We both did that. His came back fine. My arteries were fine, but the technician found …

Tag Archives: Mental Health

A gratitude and prayer journal for Christian women

The best Psalms for anxiety

How anxiety and faith can co-exist

Learning to stop being hard on yourself

How to look back at a hard year

How major world events have shaped Xennials

Getting some perspective for 2020