Author: Erica Petrowski

Safety- creating a safe place to heal, inviting God into that safe place. Removing unsafe people, & creating boundaries. Believing God is safe and that he is not my mother or father from my family […]

Familiar as it may be anxiety is not my friend. “The level of underground anxiety or emotional intensity in a family determines how much freedom individuals have to discover, clarify, and express their own truths- […]

I have been exploring my internal world. Because of my childhood experience it’s necessary for me to do that periodically. The Lord has been very kind in slowly peeling away my protective core -ever so […]

Through intimate experiences God has revealed to me that I have “toxic shame”. “Toxic shame tells us that we are bad beyond repair, beyond forgiveness, beyond help. Toxic shame often involves feeling shame and guilt […]

This season of life for me is so busy. With four kids ranging from two to eight I find that I rarely am sitting. Finding balance is hard. Regular scheduled maintenance for my sanity should […]

Eight years old was a tough age for me. After my parents split when I was five we were always moving around- every year- sometimes twice in one year. It was a very unstable time […]

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, […]

Doesn’t trusting God feel like a free-fall sometimes? I’ve never gone skydiving before but I have a fear of heights so I kinda feel like I’m free falling or at least beginning to when I’m […]

In order to grow we have to take risks. Stepping outside of what is safe and familiar can be like opening a door to find an isolated desert. Growing up I didn’t have a lot […]

I can’t tell you how often I have heard people say “this happened for a reason” or “it’s all part of God’s plan”. I’ve said it too and I remember why- what I was hearing […]