If you care deeply, you think deeply. Overthinking is often compassion on overdrive. Your worth isn’t measured by solving everything before sunrise. God keeps watch while you sleep.

Why depression may spike now—and why it’s not “just the winter blues.” If you’ve noticed your energy dipping, sleep getting strange, or your hope feeling thin as the days shorten, you’re not alone. Search interest for “seasonal depression” (seasonal affective disorder)  consistently climbs in the fall and peaks around November in the U.S., reflecting a real pattern many of us feel in our bodies and minds. Recent analyses again show November spikes this year, echoing long-obse

f you’re noticing more fatigue, “blah” feelings, or a heavier kind of worry as evenings come earlier—you’re not broken; your body is responding to shorter light windows and rhythm shifts.

You promise yourself an early night… then keep scrolling, reading, or puttering because the day didn’t leave space just for you. That pattern has a name: revenge bedtime procrastination—delaying sleep to reclaim personal time, often on phones, which erodes tomorrow’s mood, focus, and health.

We’re trained to help, to fix, to make things better. And when something breaks — when a relationship falters, when a patient dies, when a child drifts — our hearts interpret it as failure.

Recognize the difference between trauma stillness and holy stillness. Invite Jesus into the physical sensations of fear or numbness.

I didn’t have to outrun my story or overwork for my value. I could be—and be held.