Part 1 t’s July, and I have a vegetable and herb garden that I built myself, so this is a pretty exciting time of year for me. I have been working on creating this particular garden since late February, starting with corrugated cardboard laid over the grassy lawn to...
We all have different reasons for the development of our fears and anxiety triggers. For example, I have a very serious fear of being judged and found unworthy or at fault, and while I’m sure that’s something no one wants, I know that my reactions to even the...
The 5 W’s and the H: Anxiety Edition Do you remember when you learned how to write? Not just how to form letters or spell words, but how to write an essay or an article or a story? I distinctly remember a poster hung high on the wall in my classroom in 3rd grade that...
I can’t say for sure when or where or how I realized that the outdoors was the antidote for my crippling anxiety, but I know it happened sometime after my family of five people moved from Virginia to California, entirely on our own. We drove, with my husband driving...
I got married in 2002, so my husband and I are coming up on our 20th wedding anniversary this July, but on that date we had already been a couple for more than two and a half years, and I definitely thought I knew him better than anyone else. But we are different....
During the summer after 7th grade a friend and I were invited to go along on a bus trip with the Girl Scouts. We would be spending 3 full days in Washington D.C., doing the full tourist experience, with the added benefit of being a part of a touring group, which would...
Melanie Makovsky has seen trauma turn into triumph through the lens of faithfulness. By examining hardships under the light of God's grace and love, she's learned to value suffering and loss as catalysts for deepening faith and discovering simple, everyday beauty.
The content presented on this site is based on my personal experience. I am not a mental health professional and this content is not to be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment.
