Hello and welcome!
I believe your timing for being here is perfect and good.
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens”
~Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV
Maybe this is your season to say yes to accepting help. Perhaps this is your season to rebuild the first temple God gave you to care for–you!
I’m Amanda, and I used to be a chronic people-pleaser and codependent. I raced through life until I’d fall into the adrenaline crash and then I kept going. Growing up, I’d do school and sports and chorus and theatre and youth group and get good grades and hang with friends and volunteer and serve…
Then as an adult, I’d work and get promotions and do overtime and do theatre and travel to visit my family and sing at church and hang with friends and lead small groups and volunteer and serve…
Sounds oddly similar, doesn’t it?
I was stuck in a pattern of overwork and overwhelm that left me exhausted. From the outside, people thought I had it all together. I was eternally bubbly and always available to everyone at all times. But on the inside, I felt far from God, isolated, anxious, and so so tired. The reasons why I served God’s people and my immense love of the world began to slip away. I was often sick from stress and lack of sleep. My biggest fear was that I was a disappointment for not being able to juggle everything. I worried that my family, friends, church family, and God would ask for me to do more and be more when I just wanted to rest. I wanted peace.
Eventually, I learned that many of these expectations came from myself and not from God or His church. As I started to slow down, I began to say no to some things and found I could say yes to others. I was setting healthy boundaries and in doing so, I showed up more alive and engaged. I felt connected with The Holy Spirit in my restful moments and when I was bustling around the sanctuary.
The Adult Chair® showed me a way out of my overwhelming, exhausting life. This model helped me understand how to care for myself. It opened doors to reveal peace that was just waiting on the other side. It’s my calling to help you do the same.
