by Kristianne Stewart | Sep 11, 2020 | Faith, God's love, Grief, Healing, Lifestyle Fitness, Self-Compassion, Soul Care, Spiritual Growth
Healing happens mind, body, soul, and spirit. It occurs separate or in tandem, instantaneous or an agonizingly slow process. Hurt and pain have a way of defying timelines to show up in your present moment. It makes moving feel like you’re treading through muddy...
by Kristianne Stewart | Jun 21, 2020 | Faith, God's love, Grief, Healing, PTSD, Self-Compassion, Soul Care, Spiritual Growth
There’s this thing I do with biographies. I like to flip to the back pages and see how they finished. Sort of like, how’d they do? Did they let life overcome them? Beginning with the end in mind is the mark to which a Christian strives. They live their lives to be in...
by Kristianne Stewart | Jun 12, 2020 | God's love, Healing, Lifestyle Fitness, PTSD, Self-Compassion, Soul Care, Spiritual Growth
Hot tears slid down the sides of my temples to rest on my yoga mat. The studio was dark and this was the part of my practice of final rest. “Know that you are loved, rest in peace.” The lyrics wove through my battered spirit and each word seemed to catch on a jagged...
by Kristianne Stewart | Apr 29, 2020 | Faith, Healing, PTSD, Self-Compassion, Soul Care
Have you ever watched someone lose the vision for their life? Like a tire that goes flat, it’s not from a sudden burst but rather, a slow leak. There’s so much about our world right now that ransacks our spirit, leaving interrupted dreams. Fear...
by Kristianne Stewart | Apr 13, 2020 | Self-Compassion, Soul Care, Spiritual Growth
Can I ask you something? How are you doing? If you did an emotional inventory, like a soul scan, how are you really doing? Okay, I’ll start. For 18 days I was locked alone in a room with a madwoman who shouted fear and strange thoughts. Well actually, the...
by Kristianne Stewart | Apr 7, 2020 | Healing, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Growth
My watch reminds me to breathe, drink water, tracks my steps, and my fitness ranking. I can choose to compete with family, friends, my own personal best but one thing it can’t do, is measure the impact to my spirit when I’m shadow boxing. It doesn’t register the...
