Welcome to the SHE Speaks Life Blog
This is your safe space where faith meets mental health and real stories spark real healing. SHE Speaks Life is a blog for women who love Jesus, battle real-life struggles, and believe in the power of both prayer and professional help. Here, we speak boldly about therapy, trauma, deliverance, purpose, and healing with grace, truth, and Holy Spirit fire.
Because your voice matters. Your story matters. And God is still speaking through YOU.
Healing from Past Trauma: A Journey of Faith and Restoration
Have you ever felt like your past trauma has left you stuck in shame or pain? This blog post is for the Christian woman who believes in God’s love but is still fighting to heal. Let’s explore how faith and therapy can work together to lead you from brokenness to wholeness, one step at a time.
Thinking About Therapy? Here’s What Every Christian Woman Should Know
Thinking about trying therapy but unsure if it aligns with your faith? You’re not alone. This blog post offers truth-filled encouragement, biblical reassurance, and practical tips for Christian women who are ready to take the first step in their healing journey
When You Feel Far from God: Faith, Depression, and the Silence in Between
Have you ever felt distant from God while silently battling anxiety or depression? This post is for the woman who believes but feels broken, who loves Jesus but is struggling mentally. You’re not faithless, you’re fighting. Read on to discover how faith and mental health can coexist and how God meets us even in the silence.
When Serving Becomes Striving: Breaking Free from People Pleasing as a Christian Woman
Do you say “yes” out of love but end up feeling drained, unseen, or resentful? In this post, we explore how people-pleasing, though often rooted in a desire to serve, can become a silent trap that leaves Christian women spiritually and emotionally depleted. Learn how to break free while staying true to your calling.
Why Saying "No" Isn’t Selfish, It’s Spiritual
Many Christian women struggle with setting boundaries because they fear being seen as selfish or unloving. This post dives into the biblical truth about boundaries, how Jesus modeled them, and how protecting your peace is actually an act of obedience not rebellion.
The Power of Real Authentic Relationships Among Christian Women
Many Christian women feel emotionally disconnected even in the middle of community. This blog explores why we crave safe, authentic relationships where vulnerability is welcomed, not judged. Discover how God designed us for connection, and how to build soul-nourishing sisterhoods rooted in both faith and mental health.
Grace Over Grind: Letting Go of the Pressure to Be the Perfect Wife, Mother & Believer
Do you feel like you're drowning under the pressure to be the perfect wife, mother, and woman of faith? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to carry that weight anymore. In this post, I share how I broke free from the cycle of guilt and burnout and found peace through grace, boundaries, and God’s love.
When the Church is Silent: Facing Mental Health Struggles Without Judgment
What happens when the Church is the place you fear being most honest? In this vulnerable post, I share how the fear of judgment kept me silent during my mental health struggles and how faith and therapy together brought true healing. If you’ve ever felt like hiding your pain from the pews, this is for you.
It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Why Mental Health Awareness Matters
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it’s the perfect time to break the silence, shatter the stigma, and remind ourselves that it’s okay to not be okay. In this post, I share why mental health matters, how faith and therapy work together, free resources you can use, and when it might be time to seek help. Healing is holy, and it starts with honest conversations like this.
Amazon Essentials for Empowering Women Through Faith and Mental Health
Faith and healing go hand in hand ,and sometimes, the right tools can make your spiritual and mental wellness journey a little easier. From beautiful Bibles and no-bleed highlighters to empowering reads and therapy journals, these Amazon essentials are curated just for women who want to grow spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. Whether you're in therapy, deepening your quiet time, or doing the inner healing work, these resources are here to support you every step of the way.
I was done praying!
I was done praying. That’s what I told God in the middle of my darkest valley, after sleepless nights, endless tears, and a faith that felt like it was barely hanging on. I had been crying out for breakthrough, but what came next wasn’t what I expected: five rounds of deliverance and a stay in a psychiatric hospital.
In this raw and personal testimony, I share how God met me in both the spiritual and clinical places, reminding me that healing isn’t one dimensional. Sometimes, it’s laying hands. Sometimes it’s licensed help. And sometimes its both. This is my journey of deliverance, diagnosis, and divine restoration and proof that you can be saved, love Jesus, and still need real mental health support.
5 Common Misconceptions About Therapy
Think therapy is only for people in crisis? That talking to a stranger won’t help? Or that your faith should be enough? You’re not alone, but these are just a few of the common myths keeping women from the healing they deserve. In this SHE Speaks Life post, we’re busting 5 major misconceptions about seeing a therapist and revealing the truth about how therapy and faith can work together to bring lasting freedom. Let’s break the stigma, because healing is holy.
How Therapy and Faith Work Together
For too long, faith and therapy have been seen as opposing forces, but the truth is, they work best together. As believers, we are called to seek wisdom and healing in every way God provides, including professional counseling and spiritual support. In this post, we explore how therapy and faith complement each other, when to seek professional help versus pastoral counseling or deliverance, and practical ways to integrate both into your healing journey. Because you can love Jesus and have a therapist. Read on for free mental health resources, biblical encouragement, and tools for holistic healing.
Confidence in God
Struggling with self doubt? Sis, it’s time for you to get your confidence up! Your worth is not based on likes, perfections, or that one awkward thing you said five years ago, it’s rooted in who God says you are. In this blog, we’re breaking up with comparison and stepping into our main character energy with faith-filled confidence.