A New Life Awaits You
Find Your Way Through and Beyond
In-Person and Teletherapy in Northern Illinois
Wishin’ and Hopin’ and Prayin’ don’t make it so.
You hope, pray, and beg God to make this better. Like you’ve done for months. But nothing changes.
It’s another sleepless night knowing that the reality of “this is my life” will crush you again in the morning.
It takes every ounce of strength you have just to get through each day. Even little stressors push you over the edge. Whatever tolerance you once had has run out.
This isn’t the life you expected.
You don’t even know how you got here. It sure isn’t what you were aiming for. You’re not the person you used to be, but you’re also not the person you want to be.
Your influence, your calling, your idea of a good life – they’re all shifting like sand under your feet. You wonder, “Can God still use me?”
It’s hard to find answers when Chicken Little is screaming in your head, “The sky is falling!”
Your heart pounds, and your thoughts race with constant agitation. Nothing prepared you for this. You once felt close to your heavenly Father, but this has crushed everything you thought you knew about God.
You don’t have to go through this alone.
I’ve been through that dark, scary, seemingly endless place. I know how being lost feels. It’s as if every area of your life is up for grabs. It rattles the very core of your identity.
“If I’m a good person, why did this happen to me?”
It shakes the foundation of your faith.
“What else may go wrong?”
It rocks everything you thought you understood.
“Where are you, God?”
There’s hope for your heartache.
The struggle through pain and loss changes you. Maybe not in the way you’d planned.
You stop trying to fix your pain with certainty as if relief is just one right answer away.
You begin exploring new questions.
“What if getting through this as quickly as possible wasn’t my only goal? What if God was on my side? What if my life-plan is much bigger than I thought?”
The questions that get us unstuck are the ones that lead us away from our fearful grasping for control and into what life might be inviting us to do. There is a door in the wall. And going through it changes you.
Where do I start? Who am I, given this?
For better or worse, this is your wake-up call – an end to living in survival mode and the beginning of your new life. But a lot of that depends on how you respond to this.
Connect to the heart of what matters.
You can let pain make you pitiful, a victim of your circumstances, or make you powerful – so you’ll never be shaken like this again. Together, we can untangle your past, create new understanding, and venture into the life you were meant to have.
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When my life came crashing down, I scrambled for answers: Why didn’t I see this coming?? How could I have been so foolish? So naïve? My mind demanded to know who was to blame, what I should have done, and why it happened.
But my obsession with the problem didn’t relieve my suffering; nor did it deliver solutions or bring me any closer to living an abundant life. I needed a whole new way of being. A complete makeover.
I don’t know your story. However, I am familiar with some pretty bad rabbit holes you’d rather not go down. Like relentlessly asking questions you can’t answer. Or you are trying to shame yourself into better living. Or alienating your best source of help. (The source of life itself.)
As a trained Spiritual Director and Therapist, I have learned what works – and what doesn’t. Not only has my life been transformed, but I’ve also seen it happen again and again with clients.
Old memories take on new meanings. Painful feelings lose their power. Worthlessness gets shown the door. And new beliefs spark exciting possibilities.
We’ll take it one step at a time so that what you build is solid – something you can count on. You’ll discover a greater sense of purpose and a better future than the one you had in mind.
God still has a good plan for you. Don’t lose heart. Your new life is about to unfold.
