Holley Gerth » Compassion

I shared part of what God has been teaching me this summer here, and today we’re going deeper. If you’ve felt pressure to be a “good girl”, I hope this encourages you. I’m sitting in my...

https://holleygerth.com/perfect-good-girl/

“Have you failed yet?” My friend and coach asks my workout partner and I this during an early morning session. We both shake our heads, “Then you’re not done.” We take turns adding more...

https://holleygerth.com/sometimes-failure-is-success/

Do you ever feel like you’re not doing enough in this season of your life? Yep, me too. Here’s what recently changed my perspective. I’m sitting cross-legged on the floor like a kindergarte...

https://holleygerth.com/not-doing-enough/

I’m driving with my husband on a beautiful day after having Thai food (my favorite) and all seems well until I remember a recent mistake. My inner critic speaks up with harsh words and suddenly...

https://holleygerth.com/your-inner-critic/

We’re celebrating love in happy ways this month. We’ll give each other heart-shaped balloons, cards with warm words, and boxes of chocolates. But what about the times when someone we love is ...

https://holleygerth.com/love-well/

The church is in the center of a small town, the kind that’s a combination of boarded up windows and cute boutiques selling soap with ribbons around it or antiques repainted turquoise. The foye...

https://holleygerth.com/someone-you-love-is-grieving/

In my early twenties I sat in a counselor’s office and first heard these words, “You have depression and anxiety.” Relief flooded through me. There was a name for my struggles? Help for wha...

https://holleygerth.com/battling-with-mental-illness/

As we start a new year, it’s easy to focus on goals and resolutions. Can we also take a moment to recognize all we’ve made it through? Maybe last year you got up on a day you didn’t feel li...

https://holleygerth.com/better-than-you-think/

I stand in front of the mirror and ask my reflection, “How could you have done that?” I think back to an incident yesterday where I was not at my best. As much as I want to, I can’t take ba...

https://holleygerth.com/in-a-valley/

I’m seated on a chair in the middle of the kitchen in my childhood home, a towel draped around my neck like a makeshift cape. My mom and grandmother read instructions from the back of a box. Ho...

https://holleygerth.com/curiosity-instead-of-criticism/