Turning Life Challenges into Opportunities for Growth & Healing

365 Lessons Later — A Word for the One Still Standing By Colleeno Chippy Introduction December 31st always arrives quietly… yet it carries the weight of an entire year. Three hundred and sixty-five days. Hundreds of prayers. Countless emotions. Moments we never planned for. Strength we didn’t know we had. If you are reading this today, let me say this first — you made it. Not because life was easy. But because something inside you refused to quit. This Was Not an Ordinary Year This year was not designed to be gentle. It was designed to be  revealing. It revealed what you could no longer carry. What you could no longer tolerate. What you could no longer pretend didn’t matter. Some things fell apart — not to punish you, but to free you. Some people faded — not to wound you, but to make room for your next season. Some versions of you were shed — not because they were wrong, but because they were  finished. You Were Being Prepared, Not Broken There were moments you questioned your...

You’re Not the Problem — You’re the Trigger By Colleeno Chippy There are moments in life when people start reacting to you in ways that don’t make sense. Their energy shifts. Their emotions become unpredictable. Their attitudes change. And suddenly, you find yourself wondering,  “What did I do?” But here’s the truth you need to hold onto tightly: You are not the problem — your growth is the trigger. When you rise, you don’t just elevate yourself. You elevate the atmosphere. You expose what others have avoided. You highlight insecurities people have never dealt with. You awaken fears they’ve buried. You mirror the potential they abandoned. And for some people, that is deeply uncomfortable. Your becoming irritates what they refuse to confront within themselves. Your Light Makes Shadows Move When someone is not ready to grow, the presence of someone who is growing  can feel like pressure. And instead of taking responsibility for their feelings, they misplace them onto you. They b...