Confessions of a Recovering Striver
Whit's Adventures and Blog
Welcome, friend! I'm Whitney Roehl (my inner circle calls me, "Whit") and I'm a recovering Striver. What is a striver?
For me, it was constantly aiming for perfection as a wife, mom, entrepreneur, church leader, and in self-growth. But nothing was ever "good enough". I constantly needed to do more, to have more, so I could feel deserving of love.
It was exhausting! Most of all it stole my joy and peace from all Gods blessings in my life. Until Jesus crashed in with His personable love. These are stories and lessons along the journey.
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Striving For Love, Now Resting From Love
I have great news for you, friend.
Jesus graciously met me in my fear-based, compulsive, self-dependent striving. He untangled me from the worldly-paradigm of "not enough's" to set me free. Each day, I'm reminding myself of that freedom. He can do the same for you.
I'm honored you've chosen to read my confessions. Enjoy and reach out if you feel inspired.
xoxo, Whit
If you would've asked me 5 years ago, "Whit, do you consider yourself an adventurous person?"
I'd have laughed and said, "Not at all. My husband is, I just tag along."
Today, I actually do consider myself adventurous.
I've climbed to the top of 14,000 foot mountains more than ten different...
My alarm goes off at 4:30 am. We've been in four different time zones over the last three weeks. My body isn't sure whether it's time to sleep or wake up.
I turn my phone alarm off and crave time with Jesus. Our hotel room is pitch dark, Jake has left to work out, and Mavericks asleep in...
Last week, I listened to a teacher of mine, who's on fire for Jesus, share her testimony about leaving the worlds way of doing business to do business the Kingdom way - with Jesus at the center of it all.
As she shared her story, the Holy Spirit convicted me, graciously, of how I kept falling...
I dropped Maverick off with his care taker, where he’d stay for the next four nights. On one hand, I was sad he wasn’t going, on the other hand, relieved to have time to be with family and move closer toward closure.
Underneath both perspectives, I felt annoyed. Flying to Nebraska for...
A few weeks after my mom passed I was surprised at how much sadness and restlessness I had, since I'd already cried, countless nights, months before she passed. A friend from Church, I hadn't seen in months, came over to walk and talk by the lake with me.
What came from our time...
First, I want to give a big shout out to all the full-time and single moms. Wow, you inspire me by showing up every day to love, guide, and care for these little humans, who need so much.
Although, I am very grateful each day I get to be a mom… the challenges are endless....
Oh my goodness, I almost quit on a dream I've had for 15 years now. Gosh, that's scary!
A dream, God put on my heart, as an invitation to deepen my trust and intimacy with Him, but it didn't look the way I assumed it would. I spent countless days wrestling with was this question, "If this...
Dear God,
Thank you for the countless miracles I experience every day. Thank you that I don't have to earn Your love because it's Your abundant grace. Thank you that I have a warm bed, clean drinking water, and hot showers. Thank you that Maverick, in his almost two years of age, has a better...
As, I was assessing my level of hope for 2024, to check on where I was either partnering with God or empowering a lie, I discovered a pattern of lower levels of hope. Just to be sure I was assessing correctly, I reminded myself what God-inspired hope meant.
First, hope is not...
Jake and I were driving when he said, “why don’t you take the truck-camper to go camping for a few days by yourself. I think it’d be really good to have the time with God and yourself. You only lose both of your parents once.”
When he said that my heart leaped,...
Writing for a blog (even though it's my own) is harder than I anticipated.
In the process to quiet my life, I'd gotten off all social media and limited my consumption of t.v. and podcasts. A nudge from God and cry for inner silence from the constant chatter and...
Today, I want to share highlights from last week to expose what celebrating Christmas can look like in the midst of real life. Hopefully it inspires you to create space for the ups and downs of life, especially in this season, to appear and to slow down to enjoy the contrast of the...