Share The Struggle Blog

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Each week we bring you resources, insights, and stories that illuminate the path to mental and spiritual flourishing, guiding you on your journey towards wholeness and healing.

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Gospel Therapy: Why Grace Is More Transformative Than Self-Help

Loving Jesus doesn’t mean you never feel overwhelmed. In fact, Christian stress often hides behind serving, striving, and spiritual guilt. This guide offers practical, Scripture-based habits to help you move from anxious hustle to grounded peace. Learn how to breathe, pause, and reconnect with God in the middle of the pressure—not after it’s gone. If your soul feels stretched thin, you’re not alone. There’s grace here for your stress, and rhythms that lead you home.

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Christ Worth: Seeing Your Value Through the Cross

Busy doesn’t always mean fruitful. If your body is tired, your mind won’t stop, and your soul feels numb, it’s time to reimagine rest. This guide to rest rhythms offers practical, grace-filled ways to recover your peace—without waiting for life to slow down. Through daily pauses and weekly sabbath practices, learn how to stop striving and start receiving the rest Jesus already promised. You don’t need a vacation. You need rhythms that restore you from the inside out.

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Gospel Worth: Resting in Grace Instead of Comparison

Comparison is sneaky. It dresses up as motivation, but leaves you exhausted, ashamed, and striving. This gospel-centered guide helps you name the lies, shrink the measuring stick, and remember where your worth really comes from: the cross, not your performance. If you’re tired of wondering if you’re enough, here’s the truth—Jesus says you are. Not because you’ve earned it, but because He already did. Rest isn’t laziness. It’s living like grace is actually true.

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Morning Prayer That Fuels Your Day With Peace

Mornings don’t wait. Before you even get out of bed, the noise starts—emails, schedules, responsibilities. But peace isn’t something you chase. It’s something you receive. This guide to morning prayer offers simple, Scripture-rooted ways to begin your day in God’s presence—not in panic. With short prayers, verses, and a five-minute routine, learn how to start with stillness instead of striving. No perfection needed. Just breath, honesty, and a moment to remember who holds your day.

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Jesus and Trauma: What the Cross Teaches About Suffering

Trauma doesn’t vanish with a verse—and Jesus doesn’t ask it to. He knows what it means to be betrayed, abused, abandoned. This guide explores how the cross speaks directly to trauma—not as a metaphor, but as a mirror. If your story is marked by pain, you’re not disqualified. You’re deeply seen. Through Scripture, presence, and slow healing, discover how Jesus meets you in suffering—and how your scars can become proof of redemption, not ruin.

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Christian Stress: Biblical Habits for a Calmer Spirit

Loving Jesus doesn’t mean you never feel overwhelmed. In fact, Christian stress often hides behind serving, striving, and spiritual guilt. This guide offers practical, Scripture-based habits to help you move from anxious hustle to grounded peace. Learn how to breathe, pause, and reconnect with God in the middle of the pressure—not after it’s gone. If your soul feels stretched thin, you’re not alone. There’s grace here for your stress, and rhythms that lead you home.

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Rest Rhythms: Daily and Weekly Practices for Recovery

Busy doesn’t always mean fruitful. If your body is tired, your mind won’t stop, and your soul feels numb, it’s time to reimagine rest. This guide to rest rhythms offers practical, grace-filled ways to recover your peace—without waiting for life to slow down. Through daily pauses and weekly sabbath practices, learn how to stop striving and start receiving the rest Jesus already promised. You don’t need a vacation. You need rhythms that restore you from the inside out.

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Anxiety Coaching: Faith-Based Strategies That Actually Work

Anxiety isn’t weakness—and it doesn’t mean your faith is broken. If you’ve prayed, read Scripture, and still feel the spiral, you’re not alone. Anxiety coaching offers a Christ-centered path forward, combining biblical truth with practical, body-aware tools. Learn how to breathe, ground, and anchor your thoughts in the presence of God—not just once, but as a daily rhythm. You don’t have to fake peace. You can receive it. One breath. One verse. One step at a time.

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Prayer Coaching: Building a Consistent, Life-Giving Prayer Life

You want to pray—but it often feels forced, dry, or inconsistent. You’re not lazy or unspiritual. You’re human. Prayer coaching meets you there, offering Scripture-rooted support to help you build a rhythm of prayer that’s honest, sustainable, and life-giving. Whether you’re overwhelmed by distractions or stuck in shame, this guide invites you to meet God again—not out of guilt, but grace. Because prayer isn’t a performance. It’s presence. And you don’t have to figure it out alone.

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