Confessions of a Recovering Striver
Whit's Adventures and Blog
Welcome, friend! I'm Whitney Roehl, I'm a recovering Striver. What is a striver?
For me, it was constantly aiming for perfection, relying on my own ambition, strength, and ability. As a Christian, I'd ask God for help but He was my last resort, not my first. Nothing was ever "good enough". I constantly needed to do more, to have more.
I felt empty and exhausted.
When, I finally got to the end of myself, Jesus crashed in with His personable love.
Since then, I've repented of being self-sufficient, constantly striving. Now, I live surrendered. Join me, on this journey.
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...
Today, I’m incredibly relieved and grateful for the strength God gave me these last few days of deep sorrow and temptation. I believe these tough days were full of opportunities to deepen my trust in God and His promises. However, in the moment, these opportunities felt...
Grief is a weird but necessary part of life. No one escapes this emotion. Grief is a deep sorrow, especially caused by someones death. It's strange too because different people handle this process very differently. If you've ever experienced grief, then you're aware of how complex...
There’s a tension to new beginnings.
At first there’s an excitement and fun anticipation. Like, Christmas morning, everyone likes to receive new things. But when we talk about new seasons, new chapters, or new beginnings it changes. That's when fear can creep in and suddenly the...
The purpose of trash talk is to decrease the effectiveness of a player who is clearly effective. Your opponent is attempting to decrease your performance.
Once you understand the purpose, then you have the knowledge to avoid many of the traps of your own trash talk.
We often trick...
Of course - Jesus is the answer, I want to find my joy in Jesus, I want to put my worth in Jesus, Jesus is trustworthy therefore I never need to worry, and I am righteous because of Him. Soooooo I guess I don’t need a coach …but I do
The main reason - because God chose to...
FAITH - Is the belief that, when you seek it with Himt, your vision will be provided to you by God, not because you're so awesome at creating it, but because He is so awesome at gifting it.
HOPE - Is the vision. Your faith gives you permission to hope bigger than your capabilities and then...
- Your desire for the breakthrough is less than your desire for another purchase
- You can make the change on your own
- You already provide more accountability to yourself than you care to have
- You know that someone else’s path to success is not the same as yours
- You are not looking to inflate...
