Recovery isn’t cosmetic — it’s structural.

Most of us thought recovery would be a fresh coat of paint. Instead, it started tearing out walls we didn’t even know were load-bearing.

• “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” (Psalm 127:1)

Wake-Up Calls & Hugging the Cactus

Pain is often the messenger we tried to avoid.

Wake-up calls rarely arrive gently.

You don’t wake up one day healed — you start waking up more honest.

Motive Accusing, we can all be guilty of this! Thinking we can read someone's intentions

Unhealed people often project what they refuse to face.

In recovery and in families, accusations often reveal more about the accuser. The loudest accusations sometimes mirror the deepest wounds.

Therapy helps us stop projecting as well as recognize projection without internalizing it.

Recovery insight:

“What’s unexamined gets externalized.”

Boundaries are not punishment — they’re clarity.

Healing changes how words are sent as much as how they land.

Trauma makes words feel like threats.

Healing builds an internal witness stronger than external voices.

It's about ongoing renovation

Recovery is not a finished house — it’s a livable one.

"Behold, I am making all things new." Revelation 21:5

Listen in to hear a few points about healing from the inside out - and navigating life around those who haven't!