Moving beyond the gratitude journal — I was grumbling the other day — verbally ticking off all the things that weren’t lined up just the way I wanted them to be. My husband, an eternally patient man, had enough. “You need to stop complaining,” he said. “I’m sorry,” I replied. “I’m not telling you that for…

When it’s hard to let go… — If you want to declutter your life but get overwhelmed in the process, you might be a sensitive declutterer. If your dream is to get all those boxes out of the basement and the attic but you keep getting sidetracked by family mementos and personal keepsakes that you end up…

Seeing where you’ve been will inform where you want to go — It’s always exciting to start fresh, clean the slate, and make new goals and intentions. Most of us rarely lack inspiration — we’ve got plenty of Instagram and Tik Tok videos to inspire us to change. The problem where we usually falter is in motivation to keep going. Inspiration is…

The Snake vs. the Spirit — The snake sits at the door of ego asking, “Did God really say?” The Spirit sits at the door of self and says, “I did — can you believe?” Steven Pressfield, in his amazing, must-read if-you’re-a-creator-of-any-kind book, The War of Art, talks about Resistance. Yes, with a capital R. He…

Stop stress before it stops you! — We’ve all had those days when all the things just seem to pile up and despite our best efforts, we can’t stay ahead of the waves of stress and anxiety. Your shoulders scrunch up closer to your ears, you start clenching your jaw or taking shallow breaths, muscles tense and…

Sensitive souls need clear spaces — All my life I’ve loved to organize and make sense of my environment. As a pre-schooler, I neatly arranged my books on the bottom shelf of my parents’ bookcase dedicated to just my special reads. Every Saturday, my parents went grocery shopping, and amongst the Snickers bars and American cheese…

“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are at war with yourself. “ Bessel Van Der Koll The enemy loves secrets. He’s like mold and mildew and slime — he thrives in dark places. And oftentimes, there’s no darker place than our minds. That’s why the Bible…

Growth and gratitude can grow in less-than-ideal circumstances — Thinking back on the days of the pandemic, one thing that comes to mind is that I felt stuck. I am sure I am not the only one who felt that way. We were all limited in what we could do and where we could go and had to put…

And it was a huge success — thank you all for coming! — Hi, my name is Mary Gallagher, and I’ve been writing on Medium since 2019 and writing for the publication, Koinonia, since I started writing on this platform. It’s been a wonderful, consistent space for me to share my thoughts about faith. I’ve found that my message is one of simplicity…