Counseling: Where to Start

"It is not about being fully healed and then starting your life, it is about embracing healing as a lifelong journey while allowing genuine connections to organically emerge along the way." Yung Pueblo art by SarahxDesign Cover art by SarahxDesign (@sarahxdesign) Motivation for Change In preparing for this post, I reached out to one of…

New Series: Mental Health Awareness Week!

"You cannot build a deep connection with someone who is disconnected from themselves." Yung Pueblo Series: Mental Health Awareness Week This week I am hosting a 5 day series on the blog for mental health awareness. Every night this week I am posting a new blog at 7pm central time! We will be discussing where…

The Top 8 Articles from The Honest Pursuit Archives–dating, self-care, and life lessons in faith and confidence

Written by: Lauren Michelle Smith Edited by: Rachele Blick  “Strive not to be a success, but to be of value.”  -Albert Einstein To celebrate the 4th year of writing for The Honest Pursuit, I want to share some of the most read articles on my blog. I have learned so much about God, myself, and how…

When Times Get Tough, We Pick Ourselves Back Up

"A REMINDER FOR TWENTY- TWENTY. you do not have to stay where you were planted; if you are withering in places that you have the potential to bloom, you owe it to yourself to uproot." ---s.r.w @srwpoetry Cover photo by Michelle Emelda. Hello my friends!  I know it has been a while since you've heard…