by Kate Meyer | Mental Health
Where would we be without Novocain? Stick with me on this. Can you imagine getting a cavity filled—or worse, a root canal—without it? My dentist wrote “TLC” on my chart because I always need more, both in quantity and time for it to be effective, than the average...
by Caroline Beidler | Mental Health, Spiritual Writing
In the field of forest pathology, there is an interesting observed phenomenon that involves root diseases of trees. Diseases begin in the roots or lower area of the tree and often cause decaying wood to kill the tree. For most trees, root diseases can be the...
by Nia Chiaramonte | Faith Deconstruction, Identity, LGBTQ, Mental Health
“Damn.” The word slipped out in a whisper as I sat on the old, worn couch in the corner of my therapist’s office. My world had come unraveled. Not because I cursed, but because of the words I muttered right before that. “I’m transgender.” On the surface, I didn’t...
by David Morris | Lake Drive Books News, Mental Health
As a publisher at Lake Drive Books, I have the privilege of working with authors who don’t just write for the sake of words on a page, but who write to help people heal, grow, and discover. Every so often, I come across a project that feels especially timely, deeply...
by David Morris | Faith Deconstruction, Lake Drive Books News, Mental Health
Spiritual abuse often doesn’t arrive as a lightning strike. More often, it seeps in quietly—through a thousand tiny wounds that don’t look like much to outsiders but leave lasting, sometimes lifelong scars. In A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts, Katherine Spearing names this...
