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There may be seasons in life when you keep moving forward, yet inside you feel lost or exhausted. You may still be functioning, caring for others, and doing what needs to be done, but emotionally things feel heavy, uncertain, or drained. In moments like these, hope doesn’t always feel accessible. It can feel distant, quiet, or even gone altogether. I am a mom and bonus mom to six boys. Like many families, we enjoy all sorts of movies, and for a time Frozen and Frozen 2 wer

Empathy is everywhere right now. It’s in leadership seminars, therapy-speak on social media, church small groups, parenting podcasts, and corporate mission statements. We are told to “lead with empathy,” “practice radical empathy,” and “be more empathetic” as if empathy itself is the moral high ground. And yet—despite all this empathy—we are not experiencing less loneliness, less burnout, or less relational fracture. Which raises an uncomfortable question: What if empathy, as

January has a way of showing up with expectations. Fresh starts. Clean slates. Big goals. Better habits. A subtle pressure that says, “This is your moment to get it right.” But here’s the truth we don’t talk about enough: The calendar flipping doesn’t magically make life lighter. You don’t wake up on January 1st healed. Grief doesn’t expire. Burnout doesn’t reset overnight. Anxiety doesn’t check the date and decide to leave. And that doesn’t mean you’re failing the new year.

🚨 SPOILER WARNING  🚨 This article contains MAJOR spoilers  for Stranger Things Season 5, Episode 5 (“Chapter Five: Shock Jock”) . If you have not watched this episode yet and want to experience it unspoiled, pause here, go watch it , and come back. This reflection dives deeply into specific scenes, dialogue, and emotional moments from the episode. There are episodes of television that entertain you. And then there are episodes that quietly tell the truth about you. Stranger