Depression and anxiety are emotions that people struggle with. This mental state can make life challenging. Nearly 20% of teens and young adults struggle with depression and anxiety. This is the stage in life where  most people are still trying to find who they are and what their purpose is. Depression and anxiety affect all […]

Social media—when free speech and the uninformed collide. Don’t get me wrong, there is some solid gold on social platforms: tutorials, educational content, people promoting their businesses, cat videos . . . the list goes on.  But we’re not here to talk about that.  If you use social media for some of the things mentioned […]

Opportunities to compare yourself arise at every moment. When you are on your phone or even surrounded by your friends, comparing thoughts and ideas often creep into your subconscious. You may not fully realize it at first, but these thoughts materializing from comparison can lead you to feel that who you are, what you look […]

So many of us struggle with insecurity or anxiety about our outward appearance—it’s hard not to. And yet we wonder, “Why is everyone worried about their outward look, why does everyone care about what others might think, and when will everyone understand they don’t need to worry about this?   Jesus even asks why we worry about these things: “And which of you by […]

What’s the reason for so many teens feeling alone? If we look at the opposite of loneliness, we find accompanied, sociable, popular. But what if it was deeper than that? What if we dove into the root of feeling lonely, the root of why people isolate themselves? I would argue it’s due to the absence […]