Why Lowering Your Standards May Pleasantly Surprise You
You’ve always been the strong one. The reliable one. The one who just “figures it out.” And now, navigating life as a new mother, wife, daughter, friend—you still feel the pressure to hold it all. But what if holding it all isn’t the goal anymore?
Maybe the anxiety isn’t because you’re failing—but because your standards were never meant to carry everything. Especially not alone. Maybe “letting go” in some areas is not weakness, but wisdom. It’s not that you don’t care—it’s that you care enough to stop burning out.
Lowering your standards isn’t lowering your worth. It’s making space to actually breathe, heal, and grow on your terms—not perfection’s.
You Were Taught It Was Sin—But It Might Be Trauma
If you grew up in evangelical or pentecostal spaces and if you also are the “responsible one” or first daughter—you may have learned to see every struggle through the lens of sin. But what if what you’ve been calling sin is actually unhealed trauma? In this blog, we explore how over-responsibility, childhood wounds, and over simplified theology can distort your view of yourself—and how a more compassionate, holistic approach might offer the healing you deserve.