Micha Boyett» anxiety

Several months ago, I emailed my former spiritual director, Debby, and asked her to help me get some perspective. I haven’t met with Debby since I moved to Austin and she moved away from San Fr...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2014/03/on-writing-ego-insecurity-and-the-life-of-the-beloved/

  A couple of weeks ago I shared how, after a difficult season of living with daily emotional stress and anxiety related to the neighbors below us, we moved. And on that first day in our new hom...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2014/02/an-invitation-to-make-space/

I know it’s almost February. But, if you don’t mind having a little grace with me and my book-finishing/moving brain, I’m ready to call it a New Year around here. Happy New Year everybody! ...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2014/01/enough-a-reflection-on-2013/

  Hi. It feels a little strange to sit here writing something out to say to you. I spent the past month resting from this blog. I spent the month finishing final details for my book before it go...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2014/01/im-back-and-i-have-a-post-up-at-deeper-family-also-hi/

Well, we all knew this day would come. It’s our very last week of One Good Phrase. Soon, I’ll give you a little summary post to point you toward all the little gems of phrases that have come ...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2013/11/one-good-phrase-laura-turner-the-adventure-continues/

The thing about humans is that in order to understand one another, we must sacrifice a bit of ourselves. It’s difficult to empathize because to do so is to reject the most self-protective part ...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2013/10/courage-to-love/

When I was five months pregnant with Brooksie, I was barely one year into our new life in San Francisco. I was still making friends. I was still coming to terms with the reality of the Pacific Ti...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2013/10/the-pursuit-of-enough-ask-me-what-i-have-for-you/

I’ve been grinding my mouth guard down to a thin layer of plastic. All night, grinding. I was this stressed one year ago, suddenly making plans to move across the country again with my family, ...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2013/08/the-pursuit-of-enough-when-god-makes-it-beautiful/

  I can flip the switch from Resting Weekend Micha to Anxious Snap-Mouth Micha in about, ummm, three minutes of staring at my computer, remembering all that exists in there that I still have to ...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2013/03/the-pursuit-of-enough-remembering-the-thankful/

“We rest in order to honor God and his creation, which suggests that not to rest dishonors both.” -Judith Shulevitz, The Sabbath World   The thing about Sabbath is that there are still alway...

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/michaboyett/2013/02/the-pursuit-of-enough-keeping-sabbath/