by Nicole Kauffman | Feb 22, 2021 | Encouragement in Suffering, Faith, Fear, Grief, Trauma
Have you ever looked at something before you and thought it way too scary to face - that fight or flight kicked in and there was no way you were sticking around? How do we trust God in the hard times, the times where things literally seem like they will drown us? When...
by Nicole Kauffman | Jan 11, 2021 | Encouragement in Suffering, Grief, Trauma
Where is God in grief and when we face tragedy and loss? How can God allow such awful things to happen and such good people to die? These are questions I have wrestled with for years. Nothing can prepare our hearts for the grief that follows tragic loss. In fact,...
by Nicole Kauffman | Dec 7, 2020 | Anxiety, Encouragement in Suffering, Trauma
Today I’m going to get real and raw about a time in my life where I was overcome with PTSD and anxiety. I asked over and over where God was in the midst of that time and it wasn’t until now, years later that I have gleaned some insight and wisdom as to how God was at...
by Nicole Kauffman | Nov 26, 2018 | Anxiety, Encouragement in Suffering, Fear, Grief, Trauma
Have you ever been crippled by the fear and anxiety of losing loved ones? I’ve lost several loves ones over the course of my life. Some losses were harder than others, many filled with trauma or tragedy. Because of this, my family developed a sort of system to cope....
by Nicole Kauffman | Nov 12, 2018 | Anxiety, Encouragement in Suffering, Trauma
Have you ever been in a place where everything in your life seems good and yet you’re struggling? And because you feel like you shouldn’t be struggling, guilt creeps in and you might try and cover it up or hide it away. Why is it that we struggle when circumstances...
by Nicole Kauffman | Oct 22, 2018 | Encouragement in Suffering, Grief, Trauma
Coping with grief is a unique process for each and every one of us. I hope that you can find encouragement in these lessons. Ten years ago, this month was one of the hardest I’d been through. I lost several people I loved in just a short amount of time. Looking back,...
