I was in Texas this past weekend, speaking at a women’s retreat for Collective Church. One of my favorite things in all the world is a room full of women, and this was a truly special group. We laughed. We cried. We ate together. We talked essential oils. We hugged. I...

Well, this chapter is very close to my heart and has perhaps been one of the most often referred to chapters of the entire book. The chapter title “beginning again” comes from that perfect line from Saint Benedict, “Always we begin again.” I have loved the “beginning...

If you are just joining our Breathing Room Book Club, you can catch the previous posts here: Prelude, Chapter 1, Chapter 2. Also, if you want the posts delivered right to your email when I put them up, you can subscribe to my blog on the righthand sidebar. And,...

Here's the latest installment of our book club . . . from my dining room to yours! https://youtu.be/JA_jI3qFc6A In early drafts of the manuscript, I titled this chapter "Talking Back to the Toxic Voices" and then in later drafts I changed "Toxic Voices" to "Brain...

Thanks so much for those of you who joined me on Tuesday for the discussion on the Prelude. If you didn't catch it, no worries, you can go back and watch my video Intro as well as some musings on the Prelude here. Now, on to Chapter 1, "Confessing to the Trees" . . ....