Hello Reader,

My word, has it been a season. If you've been listening to the StableMinded Podcast, you may have picked up on that reality. And yet, as I shared last month, my perspective of this particular season has been deeply impacted by what I encountered through studying the Scriptures and preparing to teach the Evergreen Retreat & Bible Study.

Pruning is wounding, and rest needs to follow to make room for healing and flourishing.

So it is not lost on me that, before I knew the farm would be closing, God already orchestrated the details to allow for a time of rest. Even before losing Kodiak, I was keenly aware that my next growth step would require a huge act of faith by slowing down and committing to taking a sabbatical this summer.

Who does that? Not a therapist or coach. Not a woman who needs to contribute to the financial needs of her family.

I've been working in some capacity or another since I was 16. Even as a stay-at-home mom, I had a small business as a graphic designer before becoming a blogger, author, coach, and therapist. I don't know what it means to not work . . . and earn a wage, as small as it may be.

However, over the last year, I've come to see that my way of "working" has been shaped by complex trauma, cultural expectations, and ADHD.

Slowing down is okay, but what will be the cost in the long run?

Who gets to take time off like this? It feels so entitled.

What about the way projects give me focus and creative energy that helps manage my ADHD?

If I stop -- especially as an entrepreneur -- I'll have to start from scratch, and 3 months will impact the next 3 years.

The list of objections goes on and on, and yet, I know that I am not being forced into this season of ceasing the striving.

God is inviting me to experience Him in a significantly new way.

He is after my healing and transformation.

He is challenging me to let go of holding everything . . . together . . . and experience being held by Him.

And yes, it is terrifying. It is vulnerable. It is dependent.

I feel like I'm standing at the edge of a cliff, looking into this deep, dark, vast valley.

I want to run in the opposite direction!

But the Lord has given me a vision of a turquoise (why this color, I have no idea) Adirondack chair, set back from the edge. There's an invitation for me to come, sit, and shift my gaze from the valley to the horizon. To look beyond the valley and appreciate the sun rising and setting on a mountain range.

When I focus on that sitting -- I feel a deep exhale.

There's hope for what God will do while I wait and wonder about His plans and purposes.

I imagine that when I come out the other side of this, we'll get to see His work together.

But until then, I covet your prayers as I continue to care for my clients through the end of this month.

And in the quiet -- from June 1 through September 1, 2026 -- I pray that you will think of me and be inspired to lean into the Lord's leading in your life. The pruning. The abiding. The wounding. The healing. So that the purposes He has designed for your life will prevail.

Still becoming,

Founder of StableMinded.us

Evergreen is a transformational journey designed to help you cultivate a deeply rooted faith that will cultivate resiliency in every part of your life.

Through rich Scripture study and trauma-informed education, mental health professional and ministry leader Lisa Pulliam will inspire you to connect with God in a fresh new way and apply the Word to everyday living.

You will discover how to strengthen your faith by identifying places of healing and growth while being equipped with the skills to move forward.

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