// LIFE UPDATES // Postpartum Anxiety and depression journey...
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- I've wanted to talk about this for a while but it hasn't felt right. Now that I feel human again it makes more sense to share. Hope this helps someone!
The new ep 'Stained Glass Stories - Live from the Old Chapel' is out October 21st
#postpartum #postpartumanxiety #mentalhealth
Love this! Thank you for sharing! ❤ God bless!!!
Beautiful soul! Thank you so much for blessing us over and over with your love, truth, and transparency. You are an absolute treasure, and I'm so glad to have met you!❤😘xx
Thank you Philippa - that was brave. Many blessings for all that lies ahead! 💖
Your new song made me cry. O I Love it so much!!!!
You are amazing! I can relate.
"You're Still God" is my wife and her women's home study groups, favorite song! Love the words and meaning. She bought me a mandolin for Christmas since she loved it in that song. 🎸
Thank you thank you. Somehow (God) your song, You’re Still God came into my UA-cam feed. I CAN NOT tell you how much this song has ministered to me. 🙌 So much going on around me and now this video…….I have walked through this and the way you describe it as SO physical is exactly how I felt. God is using you in a mighty way. Let Him. Again thank you, I am obsessed with and sharing this song with people around me, one going to court today. He does still reign and He is still God!!!!!!! Thank you if you see this. You are in my prayers and will be 🙏
Love you music your are an inspiration to others out there who have suffered depression due to lifes Traumatic situations Thank you phillippa God bless you and your family 🙏 ❤️
I found u and your talent recently. Sorry to hear of the troubles you’ve been through.
I believe (from experience) God can greatly use our life challenges to grow us and then use us to help others thru their storms of life. Keep the faith, and may God continue to use your fabulous talent to reach the masses
Hi Phillipa, About 3 weeks ago ABBA Father sent a song you sang in my path- 'You're still God' and I've added your songs on my music list recently and on replay. I love your honesty and vulnerability to share where you're at. Kind of similar to where Im at recently and ABBA Father has comforted me with yr songs especially YOU'RE STILL GOD. Yes and Amen to One day at a time with lots and lots of patience. Love you and hugging you in a prayer tonight. 🤗🤗🥰🥰🧡🧡
Stained Glass Windows was a massive comfort to me during January 2021 when I had Covid and experienced a massive anxiety setback. I would walk daily to burn off the adrenaline listening to the album and it was as if you were speaking to me directly. Thank you for the gift of that album! ❤
Hi Hanna
I “ discovered” you on you tube the day my husband passed.
Your “ you are still God” helped me through the early days, as well as “ Loved me first”.
It’s still hard and I take it day by day.
Thanks for opening up about your struggles. May God bless you, your talent, your family❤
Bless you. Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm so sorry for your loss. Praying for strength for you in the coming months x
All new to me here across the pond. I loved your talk about the baby and your life. Since you mentioned something to the effect of coming out of this period, a future talk about yoiur progress toward better mental health would be greatly anticipated by everybody who knows you now. I love your unusual band. My Hope Is in the Blood is terrifc. I wish Christian radio here in the USA would like songs like that. I like your kaleidoscope.. Feb. 22, 2023, St. Joseph, MO, USA. Today is George Washington's birthday here in America. He is the Father of Our Country, which of course meant overthrowing the Redcoats. May your influence in England and Europe greatly expand.
We love you Philippa!
Philippa... I truly hope you will not take what I'm about to say the wrong way. Don't know if it's "off topic" either. I just felt I should sit down and share my thoughts after listening to what you were saying here. I'm a man, so I have no experience of postpartum anxiety. I do have lots and lots experience when it comes to depression though. I do share your enthusiasm for the new recordings and all the fun stuff you have before you. My prayers are with you. Be blessed, woman!
My wife Helena and I saw you and the band at The Gullbranna Festival in Sweden, years ago. I remember we enjoyed your singing and music immensely. My absolute favorite song of yours is "Arrow". My wife immediately started to follow you, both here and on Instagram. It really sounds like you mean every word you sing, right down to the core of your being. To tell the truth, it is unusual to be touched that way these days when listening to Christian singers and musicians. That because your are literally transparent as one. You can't hide conflicts and crises when you sing. If you have sin and unforgiveness in your life, it will shine through. It's like you're made of glass. I myself had to ask the Lord for forgiveness and pray for the protection of The Blood of Jesus, before I entered a stage or such during my more active days as a Christian singer. Now, here we are years later and a long drawn pandemic (hopefully) behind us. I've taken my fifth Covid injection (Phizer).
Here's the reason behind me writing to you. My wife played this video to me and things started to circulate within me. See, I'm a singer as well. Honestly don't dare to call me neither a singer nor a composer in your presence. Still I do have some experience of the struggles you might meet, as a servant of The Lord. And as a minister you constantly need to watch out. I myself was once confronted with the question: - "What if The Lord told you to stop singing and playing? Would the joy of The Lord still be in your heart? Would you still serve Him as before or would you be disappointed at Him? If The Lord told you to take some time off, to dive into The Word of God for a while"? Another one was: - "If you lost an arm, would these people who praise your talent still be around? Would they ask you to join this and that project"? What my pastor wanted me to see, was to expose the shallow relations you usually find in musician circles. The topic is usually solely about music and nothing else. Further he asked me if these people were my true friends. It was a hard blow to myself to admit that they probably weren't.
Of course I responded swiftly that God would never ask such a thing of me, since I know He has called me to do exactly that. Still it made me reflect upon it long afterwards. Where's my true identity in life? Do I seek self-affirmation and my self-worth in what I do and not who I really am in God? Is the case that music perhaps has become an idol in my life? An indicator to that is e.g. how I react to criticism. Especially when it comes to the music I sing and play. Why can't I leave the defense to God, who promised to protect me? What I'm trying to say is that we have to make sure the priorities are right. Jesus as number One, then your spouse and family, friends and loved ones, your church and maybe a bit further down - music. Does that sound harsh to your ears, Philippa? I'm saying this out of hard earned experience. Time after time, I have found that my priorities suddenly have shifted. I hadn't even paid attention to it. Suddenly the music has been number one and not Jesus. I was easily hurt by unkind comments, and acted defensively. Music was what I lived for and protected with tooth and claws. I know of fellow musicians who have gone down an endlessly deep and dark hole, just because they didn't seem to get enough attention. They've entered a stage where they required constant confirmation from those around them and felt it wasn't given to them.
One thing I've learned about depression, is that the root of it often is unrealistic expectations. Either from those around you or more often - from your self. There's no harder judge than the one within. Another cause for depression, is to go under any kind of yoke of another person. No matter how spiritually potent or famous that person might be. They have no right to put a ball and chain round your feet and ankles just to fulfill their selfish ambitions. Jesus has set you free and you have no obligations to any one's flesh. Yes, it says submit to one another - in love. Not out of spite or out of compulsion. There is a difference there.
Further, when it comes to pencils, what do we really have that we can say is "ours"? Something we're entitled to to fight about? What have we been given that wasn't done so by the grace of God? Even salvation and faith itself is a gift according to the Bible. We've been purchased by the Blood and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on The Cross. So what do we have to defend, really?!? Is there any room for "prestige"? If so, how and why?!? The Bible says that we've all been crucified with Jesus on the cross of Calvary. Still we all want to climb down from there and be like the rest from time to time.
To my experience, there's a lot of competition and envy among us Christian singers and musicians. We compare ourselves to each others instead of cultivating a personal and unique voice. I believe that you've done that. You have a personal "fingerprint" to what you're doing, as I said earlier. Still, I'm urging you to be on the alert. The human flesh is a tricky thing.
Hope we're still friends?!
INKA
well said. Your letter to her was like speaking to me, a very good reminder. Thank you
thank you so much for your authenticity, it is such a painful place to be, but Jesus did say, it's when you are weak than I am strong. I've been there, it is like dying to old selves, to be renewed. thank you for you beautiful songs, and God bless you and your family.
Hey Philippa, your really not alone in feeling this way, I've personally been through Alot of challenges across the spectrum myself, but I have never stopped trusting God even through the unknown.
Wanna say I Thank God for you.... Cause your Life, Story and Music will continue to Change, Inspire and Affect alot of lives. As it has for mine!
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Lovely to hear you really share your heart. Always blessing take care nxb
Amazing. Your honesty, authenticity and willingness to be vulnerable and open I'd just so touching and one of the things I continue ro find so inspirational about you. Sending love and hugs
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Thank you for your honesty and willingness to share. Those words will comfort many.
Philippa the BEST !!!!! Thanks !!!!
Thank you for your honesty. Let's make a message out of our messes.
I love your music, keep singing!
You are stronger than you know and braver than you think.
Thank you for sharing this with us all.
It was a shear pleasure to watch you perform at Big Church this year.
God Bless you and your family xxxx
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We all love you and so does God it some time is hard to get are head around this.
You can't understand it unless you are in it. Gosh I just heard this on another UA-cam video about depression and anxiety. How true is that. I am trying to pull out some positives from my time of depression and anxiety (am not fully out of these just yet) and how to respond/relate it to Christianity, how or why a Born Again Christian can have mental health issues in their life. So, this is a journey just like my Salvation is a journey.
If you suffer from Anxiety and Depression, it is a real battle. Phillipa has articulated what it can be like beautifully.
Please if you are having symptoms, contact your Doctor. There is no shame in needing help.
Be encouraged in Jesus's name. Your song just showed up my you tube feed. You are a light in the darkness. Gods got you.
Glad to see you and hear that you’re feeling well and are positively moving forward and out into the light! Praise Yah and May he bless you and your family! Hallelujah!
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It's wonderful to hear that you're doing so much better. Thank you for being honest about how you've suffered and gone through anxieties. I can relate well to this (due to early menopause, the loss of my dad and the pandemic).
It is fantastic to hear that you have new music too, something to look forward to. God bless you in all areas of your life and all the best with your move to Bradford. Xx
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Great words 👏 as long as you keep taking steps forward no matter how small you will come out the otherside
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Hi its like a striping back you will find it is like a new season try not to over think it you are going to find a new and amazing connection follow the flow love and blessings to you sister
Thank u for sharing Philippa, praying the move goes well🙏💖
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My Lippa!😍😍😍😍
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