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A-N-X-I-E-T-Y
I have always dealt with mild anxiety. It’s the form in which my shame likes to visit me in the middle of the night. I have talked about...
The Illuminator
I’m working on a series of children’s books about shame. In each book, you meet a child who has a shaming experience. Each child lives...
"I'm the worst."
This is my typical go-to saying when I make a mistake: “I’m the worst (fill in the blank).” It doesn’t matter what I did wrong, or in...
Guacamole for Everyone!
Late last year my husband and I went on an amazing trip, hosted by Bethel Church, called Gather. It was a life-fulfilling,...
Table Game Part 2
In an earlier blog post, I talked about a game we play as a family at the dinner table. Essentially, you start with one person at the...
Vise
Now that I am writing children's books about shame, I am reading a lot of Brené Brown. I probably should have started reading her before...
"Nothing."
We’ve started a new tradition in my house for when my kids get in trouble, which happens daily. When they begin to freak out (which they...
The Table Game
I started a game at my house, and we play it at least once a month, at dinner. I didn’t really have a great name for it — it came to me...
Let There Be Peace
My husband, Matt Maher, is a singer-songwriter, mainly in the Christian genre. (He. Is. Amazing.) Lately, a lyric in one of his songs...
Alone
I’ve had shame for as long as I can remember. Shame for the way I looked. Shame for the way I behaved. Shame for not being talented,...
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