A Letter to the Woman Who Worries All the Time // Melissa Overmyer

I dress rehearse disaster on the regular. If I’m driving in the car with my girls and we’re having fun bopping along to Ellie Holcomb, it’s so easy for me to spiral into thinking “what if we get in a car wreck” because everyone knows that the scene in the movie right before the car wreck is that closeup shot of a family getting along great in the car together. You know tragedy is going to strike.

But here’s the thing - I don’t want to spend my life waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop. I want to be in the present moment - regardless of whether that present moment is joyful or challenging or just plain boring - and I don’t want to spend my time worrying. So how can we move from worry to wonder in our daily lives as Catholic women today.

Today, I had the honor of sitting down with Melissa Overmeyer. She’s a fellow natural born worrier, so I loved sitting down with her and talking through big and small things that have been causes of worry in her own life - everything from studying for tests to losing her family home in a fire - and getting really practical with her on how we can move away from this state of being worried and really enter into wonder at who God is and the way that he has worked and continues to work in our lives as his daughters.

If you’re a worrier as you’re ready to grow in your capacity to wonder at who God is and what his plans are for your life, sister, this letter is for you.

Topics we talked about in this episode:

• What inspired Melissa to write her new book, “Worry to Wonder: A Catholic Guide to Finding Peace Through Scripture”
• What incredibly hard moments (like losing her home to a fire and her daughter’s surfing accident) taught Melissa about worry, trust, and praise
• How natural born worriers can choose to trust in God
• Melissa’s favorite Scripture passages that she recommends meditating on when you’re overwhelmed with worry
• Replacing lies in your life with truth about who God is
• Discovering the roots of negative self-talk in your life
• How Melissa is living the feminine genius in the present moment

Resources you should check out after listening to this episode:

• “From Worry to Wonder,” Melissa’s new book
• “Five Loaves and Two Fish” by Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
• Naptime Notes, a new monthly newsletter from Chloe
• Pre-order my newest book, Sisterhood: Giving and Receiving the Gift of Friendship
• Check out The Little Catholic Box and access the exclusive bonuses for LTW listeners