The "why"
Today marks the one year anniversary of my double mastectomy surgery, and, while it would take a couple of weeks to confirm, when I...
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Christie Michaud, LPCA
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- Aug 3
Created on Purpose
We all need purpose. A reason to wake up every morning. For the non-Christian, purpose is harder to find. To eat, drink, and be merry...
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- Jun 30
Heart Check
I was reading in Job this morning and came across a message that resonated with the heaviness and inner wrestling that I’ve experienced...
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- Jun 1
The Cycle
As many of you know, my story with depression brought me into this profession. While I still have my moments, they more easily pass as...
michaudchristie
- Apr 28
Fear Parenting
I was listening to a podcast on how to reach the next generation for Christ and again heard the charge for parents to teach and model...
michaudchristie
- Mar 23
HOPE Parenting - pt 1
I’m part of a Moms in Prayer group for the area community schools. Unable to attend this year, I decided to do a prayer run around the...
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- Mar 2
Vessel Care
` This past year, the need for self-care became increasingly evident for me. Not a modern all-about-me and my feelings self-care, but...
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- Jan 26
Seasons
New seasons are inevitable and can be scary, rewarding, challenging, and exciting all in one. I try to see each one as an opportunity to...
michaudchristie
- Jan 18
Commissioned
Hey everyone, It has been a month since I last posted and a lot has happened. My reconstruction surgery was successful, I am officially...
michaudchristie
- Dec 12, 2022
Headspaces
It’s been a while since I’ve shared. I told myself I would share IN my struggle instead of AFTER so there’s been a pressure to write but...
michaudchristie
- Oct 17, 2022
Fear or Faith
I’m becoming increasingly aware of my tendency toward catastrophizing or operating out of a place of fear. It’s almost like I’m looking...
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- Oct 6, 2022
A playlist of “what ifs”
Uncertainties pose opportunities for stress, and often our “what if’s” dictate our peace. Right now, here are mine: 1. I start hormone...
michaudchristie
- Sep 29, 2022
The Gift of Time
I have been given the gift of time. It’s amazing what you can see when given time. God at work Everywhere In this season, God has not...
michaudchristie
- Sep 19, 2022
Sufficiency OR Sovereignty?
I've confessed to an unsettling fear of knowing or living with cancer remaining in my body. Almost immediately after processing this...
michaudchristie
- Sep 14, 2022
A roller coaster of waiting
Some background before we get to present day: On April 29th, I took my NCE exam to become SC LPC licensed upon graduation in August. ...
michaudchristie
- Sep 13, 2022
When the adrinaline wears off...
We've all had times when we would get pumped up about something, feel so strong, and are ready to take on the world. And for a while...
michaudchristie
- Sep 1, 2022
Remember my Rainbow
This is my rainbow. On August 6th, I walked out into the Waffle House parking lot and my middle son pointed out a rainbow that a friend...
michaudchristie
- Aug 29, 2022
Today
Today marks: 23 days since I heard the life-changing words, "You have Breast Cancer." 23 days since I saw multiple rainbows and the...
michaudchristie
- Aug 24, 2022
Do you want to be well?
(thoughts from July 23, 2022) Morning time with my Lord had been put on the back burner. The past few months had been brutal and all I...
michaudchristie
- Aug 25, 2021
If my people...
If you look for it and listen, 2 Chronicles 7:14 has played in the background of 2020 … and continues today. When it would come to mind...
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