A RECOMMENDED RESOURCE: I've been sitting with silence a lot the last two years—learning to embrace it, to let it teach me, to serve as an invitation from God himself, waiting for us just beyond the noise of our lives. As we close out the Draw Near Dwell Well series, consider these resources as companions on your journey.

FROM DR. ALISON COOK: When stress hits, do you notice yourself defaulting to the scroll, the worry spiral, the mental loops you can't seem to escape?

BY BOB HAMP: Why we should Think Differently about the abusive cycles and confusing dynamics that keep people stuck in destructive relationships.

FROM LYSA TERKEURST: Difficult relationships require patience, grace, and hard work, but they don't fundamentally threaten our well-being. Destructive relationships, however, actively damage our emotional health and compromise our safety, wholeness, and sense of self.

BY CRYSTAL LOGAN: You don’t have to wait for life to calm down to meet your deepest emotional needs. You have access to love, safety, and compassion right now, both internally and from the Lord.

Here's what coping with my crazy little weenie dog's trauma is teaching me about healing from mine +PLUS+ some of the resources I am finding helpful in my journey!

If surviving grief has taught me anything, it is that we all have one life to live and one God to glorify, and we are purposed to do that in community.