Finding Joy with Depression

Finding Joy with Depression

By Rebecca Hale Living with depression can be a trial that feels unbearable. I know how painful it can be from having experienced my own struggle with depression and watching it in those I love. Here are some ways to continue living a joyful life 

Anchoring Our Thoughts in Truth

Anchoring Our Thoughts in Truth

By Michelle Cox @buildfamilyconnection buildfamilyconnection.com     Small clouds of dust gathered at my feet as I ran along the desert trail. Everywhere I looked was evidence of a landscape longing for water. Creations meant to survive with little moisture were brown, dry, and brittle. 

You Are Divinely Elect

You Are Divinely Elect

by Kay West @aworldwidesisterhood aworldwidesisterhood.com   “What do you want to be when you grow up?” That is something we are all asked or we all think about when we are young. And growing up, my answer to that was varied, from scientist to doctor, 

Pursuing Inner Growth Over Outward Comparison

Pursuing Inner Growth Over Outward Comparison

By Allie Barnes     One of my closest friends is an ultrarunner. He trains to run in 50 kilometer, 50 mile, and 100 kilometer trail races. He works with coaches and nutritionists to create the optimal plan for his training. For a majority of 

8 Ways to Discover Your Part in the Ongoing Restoration

8 Ways to Discover Your Part in the Ongoing Restoration

By Emily Carolynn Baker     In his October 2020 General Conference talk entitled Sisters in Zion, President Henry B. Eyring quoted President Russel M. Nelson saying: “It would be impossible to measure the influence that…women have…as wives, mothers, and grandmothers; as sisters and aunts; 

Artwork: Ponder

By Lacy Palmer One general conference several years ago I received very clear and exact revelation that I would create a series of religious themed paintings. I was so excited to jump into this new journey only to have nothing come to my mind. Not 

How to Fight Extreme Overwhelm

How to Fight Extreme Overwhelm

By Christa Jaussi @toolsforstruggle     Women nurture. It’s what we do. We are in tune with the people around us. It’s almost like a sixth sense that goes off inside of us and it tingles until we take action and use our amazing womanly 

3 Keys to Seeing Light When You Feel Hopeless

3 Keys to Seeing Light When You Feel Hopeless

By Amber Robbins @amberrobbinsstands     As a mother to 4 children, past business owner, and marathon runner, I always thought I was tough. That I was resilient.  I have so much faith.  Faith to move mountains. That’ll cure or fix everything, right?   I thought 

Finding the Light Through Covid

Finding the Light Through Covid

By Roxanne Thayne @roxannethayne     “Life is stupid.  Why can’t the Savior just come already?” That snarky attitude didn’t sound like me.  But that’s what ran through my mind as I lay in the crumpled sheets of my Covid-sick bed. No, I wasn’t deathly 

What I Thought I Knew About The Family Proclamation

What I Thought I Knew About The Family Proclamation

What I Thought I Knew About The Family Proclamation By Kristen Gardiner drivingmomcrazy.com “Why is Heavenly Father allowing this to happen to me?” This was the question I asked my husband in between heavy sobs as I cried into his arms more than ten years