• : Author

    With kindness and compassion, I will meet you where you are and offer a safe place where you can be encouraged as we work together toward overcoming the challenges you face. I offer faith-based counseling for individuals dealing with a variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and more. We all experience mental health adversities that can change from season to season. Together in session, we will look to the Lord and His guidance combined with effective therapeutic approaches to help you maintain peace as life’s storms come your way.

  • : Curator

    Kate Motaung is the Senior Writer, Editor, and Content Manager for a multi-state company. She is the author of several books including Letters to Grief, 101 Prayers for Comfort in Difficult Times, and A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging. Kate is also the host of Five Minute Friday, an online writing community that equips and encourages Christian writers, and the owner of Refine Services, a company that offers editing services. She and her South African husband have three young adult children and currently live in West Michigan. Find Kate’s books at katemotaung.com/books.

  • Understanding Mindful Self-Compassion

    Mindfulness is about intentionally and purposefully centering your attention on whatever is happening in the present moment and accepting your thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations without judging yourself for characteristics you dislike or for not meeting your expectations. It is related to self-compassion. The way you treat your own heart is the way you will end up treating everyone else’s. – John Eldredge What is self-compassion? Self-compassion is about being less critical and more accepting of yourself and your