Hey, everyone. Welcome to this week's podcast. I am so thankful that you're here today. I really just

appreciate the time that I get to spend with you each week,

sharing my heart with you because, you know, I pray a lot about what God would have me to talk about.

And he's so faithful to give me direction. But often, as you've noticed, that has involved being very transparent when it comes to my

own life and what's going on with me because I think it's important for us to be real with

each other. So today, I'm going to be talking about living by faith in a toxic world. I'm not

actually sure that that's going to end up being the title. But when I tell

my story, and by the end of this podcast, you'll understand why I might title it that. Before I jump

into the topic, I just want to remind you if you haven't read my simple, mercifully short book on

homeschooling, go check it out on Amazon. It's called

the Unhurried Homestroller. And I think you'll be really encouraged. I also want to remind you

that my mentoring course is open indefinitely for enrollment. So if you are looking for encouragement

like you find here at the podcast, but more specifically for slowing down and having

a more unhurried approach in your homeschooling. This mentoring course has got eight workshops and

a community, a private Facebook community with tons of support. And I pray with the moms every

week on Mondays. So go check it out. I'll leave the link in the podcast notes.

Now, if you've been listening for a while, you might remember about a year ago, maybe a little

less, I shared with you that I was having some health issues. And I was really thinking it was

hormones, which I think that is a big piece of it.

And, but it was really affecting me. We just made a big move. I think my adrenals were fatigued.

If you know anything about that, I think that was a piece of that as well and continues to be.

But I was pretty discouraged and experiencing a lot of anxiety. And I would like to tell you that

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