https://videopress.com/v/xIulGKLa?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Hello everyone! Today's topic is BOUNDARIES! I personally have been seeking to grow in this area. Therefore, I thought I would share from both my successes and failures! As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or prayer requests! Also, the books I mention in the video are "Why Don't We … Continue reading The Blessing of Boundaries
Category: Childhood Trauma
Finding Freedom from an Eating Disorder
“28.8 million Americans experience an eating disorder at some point in their lives.” “Eating disorders have the second highest mortality rate of all mental health disorders, surpassed only by opioid use disorder.” Regardless of age, gender, body type, status, or race, struggles with the mirror and body image seem to play no favorites. As fashion, … Continue reading Finding Freedom from an Eating Disorder
Merry Christmas 2022!
Have you ever opened a package only to find another layer of wrapping paper or smaller box inside? My younger brother and I were quite the jokesters growing up. So, I remember having this done to me, as well as playing this trick on different family members at Christmas. As I’d tear away the first … Continue reading Merry Christmas 2022!
Uncovering- Part 2
Today I share part 2 of this series: Uncovering from Ephesians 5 verses 11-14 and the power of confessing and exposing our whole selves before a "safe person" and God, above all. https://youtu.be/Wr_eQWspHFo I would love to connect with you via Instagram @mess_2_masterpiece, Facebook, email (contact@alishascroggins.com) or feel free to comment below!
Heart Check: Stone or Flesh?
The hot sting of the gravel made my eyes water as I pulled each embedded rock from my knee. It was a hot summer day and as a seven year old, I scrambled to find bandages to cover up the fresh wound from my fall before anyone found me. All the while, I repeated the … Continue reading Heart Check: Stone or Flesh?
“I LOVE ME”
For the past 26 years, I hated myself. I faithfully read scripture and devoted all my energy to loving God and others. But loving myself was a completely different story. Although, as God has been refining and reshaping me from the inside out, I am beginning to see myself the way He sees me. And … Continue reading “I LOVE ME”
Safe
It started off like any other counseling session. But about mid way through, I heard the wind knocking the trees against the windows. Minutes later, the national weather sirens echoed through the house. Even still, I just continued our conversation. We had important things to talk about. Yet, when the second siren went off, a … Continue reading Safe
My Eyes
From the day I was born, my world has revolved around my eyes. In the early days, my eyes were used to capture - Adventure. Attention. Approval. Yet I never attempted to keep them hidden or hindered. Their big brown nature showered simple lashes and innocence. My love for dressing up as a cowgirl or superhero … Continue reading My Eyes
The Masterpiece Within: SHAME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ViNP64saM&feature=youtu.be Check out this weeks blog on the emotion: SHAME! If you are in need of prayer or would like to further connect, please feel free to comment below, email me at contact@alishascroggins.com, find my page on Facebook @scrogginsalisha, YouTube: Mess 2 Masterpiece, or Instagram @mess_2_masterpiece. Also be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my blog so … Continue reading The Masterpiece Within: SHAME
The Untold Story
https://youtu.be/opsEovDK2Pc Reading of the poem “You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness” ~Brene Brown~ For years, I gazed into my story as if looking through a window. Instead of seeing actions and people for what and who they were, it was as … Continue reading The Untold Story